Agree to take steps to synchronise dates of their campaigns in 2021 to effectively tackle poliovirus transmission.

Parents of 10-month-old girl had refused vaccination.

Oral, faecal and person-to-person transmission are some of the top routes the virus uses to infect a human body.

Campaign aims to immunise 885,000 children under the age of five.

Oral and inactivated types of vaccines use a live strain of the poliovirus to build antibodies and improve overall immunity.

Elders appeal to chief minister, Peshawar corps commander and SC chief justice to provide them security.

The patient, a one-year-old boy, hails from Miranshah; Health Minister Qadir Patel says govt stepping up vaccination efforts.

New victim is a two-year-old girl from North Waziristan.

Six-day vaccine drive begins in North Waziristan's Mir Ali tehsil after virus detected last week.

A polio-free status is still eluding us but recent experience has shown that it is not impossible to achieve.

According to the National Emergency Operation Centre, a 15-month old boy has been left paralysed by wild poliovirus.

Health Ministry says turnout may be depressed by public fatigue over Covid.

The issue of the “ still missed children” has been a prime concern for the World Health Organisation.

“The cops deployed at the checkpoints should keep an eagle eye on movement of suspects,” says DPO Imran Shahid.

Police allege that anti-Taliban National Resistance Front is responsible for killings, say arrested men have confessed to crime.

Police say the attackers targeted the cop after failing to target the polio vaccinators.

“We want to see Pakistan as a polio-free country,” says WHO Representative in Pakistan Dr Palitha Mahipala.

Unicef’s Catherine Russell says the disease has to be tackled in Pakistan, Afghanistan simultaneously.

Strain not seen across the country since 2019, says PM’s aide on health.

Lab tests show virus detected is connected to strain spreading in Pakistan.

"We will have to keep an eye on ensuring that the virus is not transported from the neighbouring country," says Dr Faisal Sultan.

There has been no polio case reported in Pakistan for the last one year, but the poliovirus is still present in the environment.

Says recent review “has assured us that Pakistan has one of the most developed polio surveillance systems in the world”.

We need extraordinary, widespread urgency from across the region and the world to push through this last mile.

The two-member polio team remained unhurt in the incident; no militant group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

A total of 2m children will be inoculated in Karachi during the week-long campaign.

Over 150,000 trained and dedicated “Sehat Muhafiz” will be engaged in the vaccination drive to inoculate the targeted children.

Says 99pc of children up to the age of five years have been vaccinated during anti-polio campaign in Pindi district since Dec 13.

Asks authorities to relocate pollution creating units.

The campaign, which is aimed at reaching over 3 million children, has received Taliban backing.

Taliban have promised inclusion of female workers in campaign.

Only one polio case has been reported in the country this year.

Speaker lambastes health dept over "casual attitude" towards house’s business.

At least 9,470 mobile, 949 fixed and 552 transit teams will participate in the campaign.

The security of polio teams has been further tightened after the incident.

The campaign will start in rest of the country on Sept 20.

Rumpus in KP Assembly after chair calls sergeant-at-arm to expel minority member.

Balochistan chief minister stresses need to raise awareness among the masses about polio campaign.

Experts suggest limiting immunisation to fixed centres.

After being persuaded by Raima, many unwilling parents have allowed their children to be vaccinated.

During the campaign, more than 1.6 million children will be administered polio drops.

In separate incident, a policeman was wounded in a roadside bomb blast near a police van escorting a polio team in S. Waziristan.

Official terms current gains against disease fragile that can easily be reversed.

Report says “still missed” children have spread alarmingly across the province with majority in Lahore and Rawalpindi.

“The situation has improved considerably due to effective anti-polio campaigns in the province," says official.

The inoculation drive in the province has now been halted, says health official.

Assured organisation of Pakistan Army's continued support.

“With well-coordinated efforts of the federal and provincial govts, Pakistan can become a polio-free country," he says.

Families living in mud houses near Hazro had been refusing to administer anti-polio drops to their children.

The district health officer said the five-day campaign would begin on Monday.

The immunisation campaign will begin from May 31.

“Polio workers are our real heroes who made this critical campaign successful," says Dr Faisal Sultan.

The campaign was earlier postponed due to the protest of government employees.

The polio campaign has been postponed due to the ongoing strike of govt employees.

Police have arrested two suspects.

The vaccination drive has been temporarily suspended in Nangarhar, according to the health ministry.

“Suboptimal quality of campaigns in parts of Lahore, many with migrant Pashtun communities, is largely responsible,” says report.

The latest grant will be utilised for the procurement of 23.66m doses of the vaccine.

Officials pin hopes on district admin to cover children children missed during five-day campaign.

Around 32m children were also given vitamin A supplements during the campaign.

Hundreds of refusal cases covered; role of security forces lauded.

Martyred official was escorting a team of polio health workers, who are unharmed.

Children between six months and 59 months will also receive Vitamin A drops.

A supplementary dose of Vitamin A drops will also be administered to the children during the five-day polio campaign.

Gates acknowledges Pakistan’s efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic while stimulating economic growth.

Official says situation will be much better next year due to resumption of vaccination.

ASI Akhir Zaman was ambushed by assailants when he was returning to the police station.

Over 6.4 million children below the age of five years will be vaccinated against poliovirus.

285,000 SOPs-observing health workers will take part in the campaign.

KP has reported 22 wild polio cases this year, compared to 66 during this period last year.

Hundreds of children under the age of five have been left out during the drives in August, September and October, they say.

Despite a rising number of polio cases, around 1,800 union council polio officers have lost their jobs, says one protester.

Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Riaz seeks police protection for each polio team in the district.

WHO official says key factor in success against polio is the hard work of more than 260,000 frontline workers.

Official says 79 cases of polio have been reported so far this year as compared to 147 last year.

This year’s provincial tally rises to 23 with latest cases.

Deputy Commissioner Tahir Farooq claims the child was fully vaccinated and the detection of wild poliovirus in him is astonishing.

Officials say the parents had refused to allow workers to give polio drops to their child during the anti-polio campaign.

Says OPV given multiple times leads to better control against wild polio virus in sewage as well.

Officials say an inquiry will be launched to determine if the child was given polio drops regularly.

More than 20 refusal cases were addressed.

Officials warn residents against creating hurdles in efforts to eradicate polio.

Islamabad mayor says SOPs to limit Covid-19 spread will be observed during the vaccination campaign.

Security officials say the workers were kidnapped by armed men when they were administering polio vaccine drops to children.

Pakistan and Afghanistan are now the only remaining strongholds of the virus in the world.

“Let the doctors do their jobs. When they say you need the vaccine, there is no room for ambiguity," says Maulana Swati.

As many as 73 polio cases have been reported in the country so far this year as compared to 147 cases in 2019 and 12 in 2018.

Official report says ratio was 38pc last year.

“The vaccine is safe for children and ulema can convey the message to the parents in a better way,” says Bannu commissioner.

So far 72 cases of the crippling disease have been reported in the country this year.