Poliovirus found in Karachi, Hangu sewage samples
The National Institute of Health has said that Pakistan reported two poliovirus cases this year and 27 positive environmental samples. Traces of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) have been found in sewage...
View ArticlePolio worker injured in accidental shooting
A polio worker suffered serious injuries in an accidental shooting incident at the BHU Botala primary health centre on Monday. The incident, which occurred when the security guard's gun accidentally...
View Article‘All polio samples tested negative in Punjab’
Polio workers continued visiting households on Tuesday as the second national immunisation drive of the year entered its third day. Lahore saw the most children vaccinated across Punjab, as over...
View ArticleThird polio case detected in Bannu
The country on Wednesday saw an increase in the number of polio cases after a new case was reported in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The affected individual is a one-and-a-half-year-old...
View ArticleAfghanistan tied to country’s polio spike
In his response to a countrywide surge in polio cases, caretaker Health Minister Dr Nadeem Jan on Friday claimed that 90 per cent of the virus cases in Pakistan were “imported from Afghanistan”. His...
View ArticleLab test links polio virus to Afghan strain
The environmental samples collected from Peshawar city and District Dera Bugti have tested positive for wild poliovirus. Pakistan Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health (NIH), which also...
View ArticlePolio persistence
In the battle against polio, Pakistan has been grappling with the relentless persistence of a once nearly eradicated disease. Recent findings from Pakistan’s National Polio Laboratory at the National...
View ArticlePM vows to resist anti-vaxxers for polio-free Pakistan
Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Tuesday vowed to resist the individuals propagating against the polio vaccination, resolving to achieve the dream of a polio-free Pakistan by carrying...
View ArticleFifth polio case of year reported in Karachi
The Ministry of Health on Saturday reported the fifth polio case of the current year. A 31-month-old child has been diagnosed with polio in Karachi's Eastern district, the ministry’s spokesperson said....
View ArticleOfficials submitting fake polio data face action
The Punjab Provincial Task Force on Polio Eradication decided on Monday to take stern action against staff members submitting fake data. Caretaker Primary Healthcare Minister Dr Jamal Nasir said during...
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