Pakistan: 2021 Polio

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Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/778...es-in-khairpur

January 23, 2021
Year’s first polio case surfaces in Khairpur

SUKKUR: A 3.5-year old girl has tested positive for poliovirus in Khairpur, making it the fisrt polio case of the year....

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Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/787...es-in-khairpur

Our Correspondent
February 9, 2021
Another polio case surfaces in Khairpur

SUKKUR: A nine-year-old girl is reported to have contracted poliovirus in Khairpur, the second in the same district after January 2021.

Reports said a nine-year-old girl, identified as Seema, d/o Manthaar Ali Chaddar, has been reported to have contracted poliovirus in the village Ghulam Abbas Chadhar of Union Council, Khanpur, in Khairpur. The district health officer, Khairpur, Muhammad Hassan Abro, confirmed the report, saying the victim had also been administered the vaccine during the previous anti-polio drive. ..

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Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/202...illa-abdullah/

First polio case of 2021 confirmed in Qilla Abdullah
A 28-month-old boy has been found to be afflicted with the crippling disease
By TLTP
February 15, 2021

CHAMAN: With Pakistan struggling to eradicate the crippling disease, the first polio case of the year 2021 was confirmed in Balochistan’s Qilla Abdullah district on Monday.

Health officials confirmed a 28-month-old boy was found to be afflicted with the crippling disease in Qilla Abdullah UC-1...

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Source: https://www.geo.tv/latest/363034-two...er-pakhtunkhwa

Monday Aug 02 2021
Web Desk
Two policemen guarding polio workers killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Two policemen deployed for security during polio campaign killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The policemen were shot dead in two separate incidents in Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar...