Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/1111673/...cross-country/
Polio virus: Samples test negative for local transmission across country
By Umer Farooq
Published: May 28, 2016
PESHAWAR:
Efforts to eradicate poliovirus from the country accelerated soon after International Health Regulations (IHR) proposed restriction on movement of Pakistan nationals and made it mandatory for every citizen to carry polio certificates.
Soon after, officials concerned held repeated meetings to prepare strategies to tackle the situation. Authorities planned scheduled as well as unscheduled polio drives and set 2016 as the year of exterminating poliovirus from the country.
The diligence seems to have paid off as officials dealing with polio eradication informed samples collected from different sites across the country were sent to National Institute of Health (NIH) and laboratory results confirmed that reservoirs were free of poliovirus...
Polio virus: Samples test negative for local transmission across country
By Umer Farooq
Published: May 28, 2016
PESHAWAR:
Efforts to eradicate poliovirus from the country accelerated soon after International Health Regulations (IHR) proposed restriction on movement of Pakistan nationals and made it mandatory for every citizen to carry polio certificates.
Soon after, officials concerned held repeated meetings to prepare strategies to tackle the situation. Authorities planned scheduled as well as unscheduled polio drives and set 2016 as the year of exterminating poliovirus from the country.
The diligence seems to have paid off as officials dealing with polio eradication informed samples collected from different sites across the country were sent to National Institute of Health (NIH) and laboratory results confirmed that reservoirs were free of poliovirus...
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