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Emergence of two polio cases within seven months in Larkana sends alarm bells ringing
M.B. KalhoroUpdated December 08, 2019
LARKANA: Two polio cases have resurfaced within seven months in Larkana, which had remained a polio-free district for eight years, according to district health officer Syed Amjad Shah.
The officer told Dawn that the latest case reported from riverine Soonharo Gadhi village in Karani union council on Nov 9 was that of Hasnain Gadhi, nine months, who was suspected of having acute flaccid paralysis (AFC) and his stool sample was sent to the National Institute of Health for confirmation of the disease.
The NIH confirmed the case as polio positive despite the fact that the boy had been administered three doses of anti-polio vaccine during routine immunisation campaign and four more doses during special immunisation campaign, said the DHO.
Asked if the NIH indicated in its report about the original place from where the virus had travelled there, he replied in negative saying the boy’s family said they had never migrated from this area, permanently or temporarily, nor travelled to other districts...
Emergence of two polio cases within seven months in Larkana sends alarm bells ringing
M.B. KalhoroUpdated December 08, 2019
LARKANA: Two polio cases have resurfaced within seven months in Larkana, which had remained a polio-free district for eight years, according to district health officer Syed Amjad Shah.
The officer told Dawn that the latest case reported from riverine Soonharo Gadhi village in Karani union council on Nov 9 was that of Hasnain Gadhi, nine months, who was suspected of having acute flaccid paralysis (AFC) and his stool sample was sent to the National Institute of Health for confirmation of the disease.
The NIH confirmed the case as polio positive despite the fact that the boy had been administered three doses of anti-polio vaccine during routine immunisation campaign and four more doses during special immunisation campaign, said the DHO.
Asked if the NIH indicated in its report about the original place from where the virus had travelled there, he replied in negative saying the boy’s family said they had never migrated from this area, permanently or temporarily, nor travelled to other districts...
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