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Third polio case found this week, tally rises to eleven
Ikram JunaidiUpdated May 05, 2019
ISLAMABAD: While the polio programme has been making efforts to eradicate the virus of the crippling disease and international health organisations have been keeping an eye on performance of Pakistan, the third polio case in the country has been reported during the current week.
The recent case has been reported from Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtun*khwa province, where a 12-month-old girl has been infected with the virus. Earlier, during the current week, two polio cases were reported from Lahore on consecutive days.
An official of the Polio Virology Laboratory at the National Institute of Health said that child was a resident of Sheikh Fareed Baba, Havaid Landidak Union Council, Bannu tehsil...
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Source: https://dailytimes.com.pk/388840/pol...ead-in-bajaur/
Polio official shot dead in Bajaur
Agencies
May 6, 2019
PolioA polio monitoring official was killed late Saturday night when unidentified men opened fire on him in Mamund area of Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Radio Pakistan reported on Sunday.
According to police, the body has been handed over to the deceased?s family after medico-legal formalities...
Third polio case found this week, tally rises to eleven
Ikram JunaidiUpdated May 05, 2019
ISLAMABAD: While the polio programme has been making efforts to eradicate the virus of the crippling disease and international health organisations have been keeping an eye on performance of Pakistan, the third polio case in the country has been reported during the current week.
The recent case has been reported from Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtun*khwa province, where a 12-month-old girl has been infected with the virus. Earlier, during the current week, two polio cases were reported from Lahore on consecutive days.
An official of the Polio Virology Laboratory at the National Institute of Health said that child was a resident of Sheikh Fareed Baba, Havaid Landidak Union Council, Bannu tehsil...
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Source: https://dailytimes.com.pk/388840/pol...ead-in-bajaur/
Polio official shot dead in Bajaur
Agencies
May 6, 2019
PolioA polio monitoring official was killed late Saturday night when unidentified men opened fire on him in Mamund area of Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Radio Pakistan reported on Sunday.
According to police, the body has been handed over to the deceased?s family after medico-legal formalities...
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