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  • Pakistan: 2018 Polio

    Source: http://www.dailypioneer.com/world/2-...ts-in-pak.html

    2 polio workers killed, three abducted by terrorists in Pak
    Monday, 19 March 2018 | PTI | Peshawar

    Terrorists on Sunday attacked a polio team in Pakistan?s tribal region bordering Afghanistan, killing two workers and abducting three others, officials said.

    Unidentified terrorists opened fire on the seven-member polio team comprising seven volunteers in Safi tehsil of Mohmand Agency, officials were quoted as saying by Dawn News.

    Two polio workers were shot dead and three others were abducted by the assailants in the Safi tehsil.

    Two polio workers managed to escape the attack and reached Ghalanai, the headquarter of the agency, and informed about the incident, the officials said...

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    Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1401348


    Balochistan toddler tests positive for polio
    Amin Ahmed | Saleem Shahid
    April 13, 2018

    QUETTA / ISLAMABAD: A polio case was reported from Dukki district of Balochistan on Thursday ? the first to have surfaced in the country during the current year.

    According to sources in the provincial health department, a three-year-old boy has been diagnosed with the poliovirus.

    They said blood samples of Safar Baloch, son of Syed Akram, were sent for a laboratory test after he had fallen ill...

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      • #4
        Source: http://menafn.com/1096918786/Pakista...in-Balochistan

        Pakistan- Another polio case surfaces in Balochistan
        Date
        5/29/2018 3:48:11 AM

        (MENAFN - Tribal News Network) PESHAWAR: Another polio case has surfaced in Dukki district of Balochistan where 18-month-old Farzana has been diagnosed with the crippling disease.

        The Health Department said it is the second polio case in Balochistan this year. Another polio case had surfaced in Dukki district on 12 April.

        Three polio cases were reported in Balochistan last year. These cases were reported in Killa Abdullah district situated near the Afghan border...

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        • #5
          Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/201...n-balochistan/

          Polio case detected in Balochistan
          Karachi
          6 hours ago BY PPI

          QUETTA: A case of poliovirus was detected in Daaki area of Balochistan on Wednesday.

          Polio focal person said that poliovirus was confirmed in 18-month Muhammad Usman son of Abdul Baseer a resident of Kalli Babbiran, US Saddar, Daaki...

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          • #6
            Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/201...-in-charsadda/



            Teenager diagnosed with polio disease in Charsadda
            Islamabad
            44 mins ago BY Shamim Shahid

            PESHAWAR: A 19-month-old boy has been diagnosed with the polio disease in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) for Polio Eradication confirmed.

            The officials at the Emergency Response Centre of the Health Department also confirmed that the teenager was tested positive for the polio virus in Tehbana village of the district. ?This is the first polio case detected in the province this year,? they said.

            However, the teenager has been protected from life-long paralysis and death because of the vaccinations he has received under the Sehat Muhafiz campaign. According to medical records, the boy has received all three essential immunization doses of the polio vaccine (IPV) and more than seven doses of the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) which boosted his immunity and protected him...

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            • #7
              Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1433097/pr...indis-nala-lai


              Presence of polio virus feared in samples taken from Rawalpindi's Nala Lai
              Tahir NaseerSeptember 15, 2018

              The polio virus may be rearing its head again in Rawalpindi's Nala Lai area, the provincial Health Department said on Saturday.

              Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Health Dr Khalid Mehmood told DawnNews that the department has put Nala Lai on high alert after water samples from two areas ? Safdarabad and Dhok Dalal ? were taken and sent for testing.

              "The World Health Organisation will confirm the presence of polio virus in the water," Dr Mehmood said. However, sources within the health department claimed that the presence of polio virus has already been confirmed in the area...

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              • #8
                Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...ination-drive/


                Polio guard shot dead in Pakistan on first day of new vaccination drive
                Ben Farmer, Islamabad
                25 September 2018 ? 4:30pm

                Gunmen shot dead a policeman guarding health workers as Pakistan began another nationwide vaccination drive.

                The policeman named Mohammad Sarfraz was shot dead in the Bajur region of the country's north west on the first day of a campaign to vaccinate 39 million children under 5.

                Anwarul Haq, a local official, told Associated Press that suspects had been seized after the killing in the village of Badam...


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                • #9
                  Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/38...-khyber-agency

                  Polio virus targets two more children in Karachi, Khyber Agency
                  Web Desk
                  October 17, 2018

                  ISLAMABAD: The National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) for Polio Eradication has notified two new polio cases from Gadap, Karachi and Khyber tribal district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bringing the total number of polio cases in the country to six this year, however the virus failed to cause any clinical paralysis to both the children...

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                  • #10
                    Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/201...surface-in-kp/


                    Two new polio virus cases surface in KP
                    by Staff Report , (Last Updated 5 hours ago)

                    BAJAUR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health officials on Thursday said that two new cases of polio have surfaced in the Bajaur district of the province.

                    According to the health department officials, ?A five-year-old girl from Kut Kot and a seven-year-old boy fell victim to the virus.?

                    It was further reported that both the children had been administered the polio vaccine seven times...

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                      • #12
                        Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/201...riggers-alarm/


                        Detection of polio virus in environmental samples of twin cities triggers alarm
                        by Bilal Sabri , (Last Updated 2 hours ago)

                        ISLAMABAD: In what could be dubbed as sheer negligence of the twin cities? administration, poliovirus has been found in environmental samples of the two cities which means that the immunity level of children in the area has fallen and they are at a high risk of contracting the disease.

                        Although hectic campaigns were launched in Islamabad and Rawalpindi and the concerned administration vowed to eradicate polio, they have failed to achieve much. Although authorities persistently try to approach and convince more than 2,500 parents in Rawalpindi and hundreds of parents in Islamabad, they do not allow health workers to administer polio drops to their children.

                        It is pertinent to mention here that the city administrations take environmental samples from the twin cities, particularly from Lui-Nullah and Islamabad site near Sabzi Mandi, on a monthly basis. The samples are taken on the 11th of every month and sent for laboratory tests. The presence of the virus is an alarming situation for the twin cities...

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                        • #13
                          Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/201...er-being-shot/


                          Female polio worker injured after being shot
                          by APP , (Last Updated 4 hours ago)

                          QUETTA: A female polio worker was injured by unknown gunmen at the Eastern Bypass of Quetta on Wednesday.

                          According to police sources, polio worker Ghazala was near Bhosa Mandi at Eastern Bypass when armed motorcyclists opened fire at her and fled the spot. As a result, she received bullet injuries...

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                          • #14
                            Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/201...emerges-in-kp/

                            Another polio case emerges in KP
                            by Staff Report , (Last Updated 2 hours ago)

                            PESHAWAR: A new case of polio has surfaced in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

                            A sixteen-month-old girl, belonging to Marmundu Azam area of the district, has been diagnosed with the disease.

                            According to KP Emergency Operation Centre (EOC), this case brings the total number of 2018?s polio cases to five. As the samples were collected from the child in December 2018, the case has been added to last year?s tally...

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                            • #15
                              Source: https://www.brecorder.com/2019/01/19...018-in-bajaur/


                              NEOC notifies two polio cases of 2018 in Bajaur
                              Parvez Jabri January 19, 2019

                              PESHAWAR: National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) notified two polio cases of 2018 from tribal district Bajaur.

                              National Institute of Health has isolated wild polio virus from stool sample of 36 months boy Abdur Rehman and 78 months girl Nabila, both of them are residents of village Jaba Manzai, Union Council Tali, Tehsil Salarzai of district Bajaur said the spokesman on Saturday.

                              When child got paralyzed because of polio virus was December 29, 2018 and December 31, 2018, whereas, stool sample were collected to check the presence of polio virus on Jan 8, 2019 and Jan 7, 2019 from Abdur Rehman and Nabila respectively.

                              Laboratory isolated wild polio virus from stools and confirmed both to be the polio cases which were notified by NEOC today on January 19, 2019.

                              Both the children received more than seven doses of oral polio vaccine and zero doses of essential and routine vaccination.

                              Both the children shows slight weakness in one of the limbs or slight paralysis...

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