Pakistan: 2022 Polio

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Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1691536/pakistan-reports-fourth-polio-case-in-one-month

Pakistan reports fourth polio case in one month
Ikram Junaidi Published May 26, 2022 - Updated about 15 hours ago

ISLAMABAD: After having remained polio free for 15 months, the country on Wednesday reported the fourth polio case in one month.

The victim is a 13-month-old boy who has been paralysed by wild poliovirus in the in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan tribal district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The case was confirmed by the Pakistan National Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health. This is the third polio case from Mir Ali this year...

 

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Source: https://www.app.com.pk/national/sixth-case-of-wild-polio-reported-in-north-waziristan/


Sixth case of wild polio reported in North Waziristan
Fri, 27 May 2022, 2:54 PM

ISLAMABAD, May 27 (APP): Two more wild polio cases have been confirmed from North Waziristan, leaving young boy and a girl paralyzed, health officials confirmed on Friday.

According to them, both children are 18-months old and belong to Mir Ali. The female child had onset of paralysis on May 10 and the male child on 11 May 11.

Both cases were confirmed by the Pakistan National Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health, Islamabad on Thursday, May 26. This is the sixth case in North Waziristan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, this year...

 

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Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1692712/seventh-child-found-infected-with-poliovirus-in-north-waziristan

Seventh child found infected with poliovirus in North Waziristan
Ikram Junaidi Published June 2, 2022 - Updated about 9 hours ago

ISLAMABAD: Another child was found infected with poliovirus in North Waziristan, taking the tally of patients reported in the tribal district to seven in just over a month.

All cases have been rep­orted from this southern district of Khyber Pakh­tun­khwa and more are exp­ec­ted from the same area due to high refusal rate and inst­ances of finger-marking without vaccination during campaigns.

With the emergence of the latest case, the global count of wild polio in 2022 has reached eight, with only one case being reported from Afghanistan in January. This means that 87pc of the global cases have been reported from Pakistan.

The latest victim is a seven-month-old girl who has been paralysed by wild polio...

 

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Source: https://nation.com.pk/2022/06/04/north-waziristan-confirms-eighth-wild-polio-case/

North Waziristan confirms eighth wild polio case
On Jun 4, 2022

ISLAMABAD – In the second case from Miranshah, a 20-month-old boy was paralyzed by wild polio, health officials confirmed on Friday.

The child had onset of paralysis on 15 May and is suffering from disabilities in all four limbs, the Pakistan Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health confirmed late on Wednesday. “Following the first two cases in April, the polio programme took immediate steps to ring-fence this area and prevent the virus from spreading further, particularly in the historic reservoirs of Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta...

 

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Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2022/06/16/two-new-polio-cases-reported-in-north-waziristan/


June 16, 2022
Two new polio cases reported in North Waziristan
By News Desk

Two new poliovirus cases surfaced in North Waziristan on Wednesday, taking the total number of cases in Pakistan to 10 this year.

According to Health Department, one case was reported from Dosali area and the other from Mir Ali. A 12-month-old boy in Dosali and 11-month-old boy in Mir Ali were found positive for the disease...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent...st-violence-anti-vaccine-sentiments-1.6495629

Pakistan's fight against polio threatened by extremist violence, anti-vaccine sentiments
10 confirmed cases of polio confirmed this year, leaving some children paralyzed
CBC Radio · Posted: Jun 21, 2022 1:29 PM ET | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

As frontline workers in Pakistan continue to treat those affected by a surge in polio cases, Dr. Shahzad Baig, who leads Pakistan's Polio Eradication Programme, said he and his colleagues are also dealing with death threats from religious extremists and people with anti-vaccine sentiments.

"Every team is escorted by security, by law enforcement agencies, either police [or] army," he told The Current guest host Duncan McCue.

"And I want to bring it on notice that, so far, the polio program has lost 50 lives in the line of duty" to extremist bombings and shootings, he said.

It's unfortunate news at a time when Pakistan needs all medical hands on deck. After 15 months without a single case of polio, the country has reported 10 new cases since April.

Baig said children make up the majority of the cases, and the affected children were reportedly partially or fully paralyzed.

An element of fear

Baig said there are a number of reasons why polio immunization numbers are low in North Waziristan District, where the majority of this year's polio cases were reported, and surrounding areas...

 

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Source: https://outbreaknewstoday.com/pakistan-reports-11th-wild-poliovirus-case-of-2022/


Pakistan reports 11th wild poliovirus case of 2022
by Press Release
June 26, 2022

An eight-month-old boy was paralyzed by wild polio, the Pakistan National Polio Laboratory has confirmed.
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The child had onset of paralysis on 9 June and belongs to Mir Ali (UC– 7) of North Waziristan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. All 11 cases in Pakistan this year are from North Waziristan. Eight of these cases have emerged from Mir Ali alone.

Emergency measures put in place by the Pakistan Polio Programme have so far contained the virus in the southern districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa...

 

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Source: https://www.indiablooms.com/world-d...ied-people-attack-polio-vaccination-team.html

Pakistan: Two cops, one health worker die as unidentified people attack polio vaccination team
India Blooms News Service | | 01 Jul 2022, 06:08 pm

North Waziristan: At least two policemen and a health worker died and a passer-by sustained bullet injuries when unidentified gunmen attacked a polio vaccination team in North Waziristan tribal district of Pakistan on Tuesday, media reports said.

Police officials told Dawn News the gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire on the policemen and health worker who were going door-to-door to administer polio drops to children in the volatile district.

The incident occurred in Tang Kali area of tehsil Datakhel near the Afghan border...

 

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Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/973821-north-waziristan-reports-12th-polio-case

North Waziristan reports 12th polio case
A 21-month-old boy has been paralysed by wild polio in the 12th case of the variant of viral disease in Pakistan this year. All the children affected by wild polio this year belong to North Waziristan
By News Report
July 15, 2022

MIRANSHAH: A 21-month-old boy has been paralysed by wild polio in the 12th case of the variant of viral disease in Pakistan this year. All the children affected by wild polio this year belong to North Waziristan.

The child in the latest case had onset of paralysis on June 18 and belongs to Mir Ali (UC-2), the Pakistan National Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health, Islamabad, has confirmed. According to preliminary investigations, the child has been paralysed in the right leg.

The southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, North and South Waziristan, Dera Ismail Khan, Bannu, Tank and Lakki Marwat, are at the highest risk of wild polio virus transmission. Bannu also reported two positive environmental samples between April and May this year, confirming that ongoing wild polio virus transmission is not limited to North Waziristan...

 

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Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1701072/13...on-vaccination

13th polio case from KP puts question mark on vaccination
Ikram Junaidi Published July 23, 2022 - Updated about 6 hours ago

ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan strives to become polio-free, the region of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa threatens to upend the progress, with this year’s 13th case reported on Friday.

An 18-month-old child was paralysed by wild poliovirus (WPV) in Lakki Marwat, the National Institute of Health confirmed.

The 12 other cases were also reported from southern KP, North Waziristan. With Pakistan nearly achieving the status of a polio-free country, health authorities have expressed concern over the high number of cases from the tribal districts.

“We have successfully managed to prevent the virus from spreading elsewhere despite the frequent movement of people between KP and other parts of the country. If we can contain and eliminate the virus from this area, we can win the fight against polio,” federal Health Secretary Dr Fakhre Alam Irfan told Dawn...

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Source: https://www.urdupoint.com/en/pakistan/child-paralyzed-by-wild-polio-in-lakki-marwat-1539735.html

Child Paralyzed By Wild Polio In Lakki Marwat
Umer Jamshaid Published July 22, 2022 | 10:46 PM

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Jul, 2022 ) akistan Polio Laboratory in Islamabad on Friday confirmed that an 18-month child was paralyzed by wild polio in Lakki Marwat.

The child had onset of paralysis on 20 June and was suffering from disabilities in both lower limbs. This is the thirteenth case in Pakistan this year. All children paralyzed in Pakistan this year belong to southern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), where 12 cases are from North Waziristan alone...

 

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Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/98...ction-of-wild-polio-virus-1-in-sialkot-sewage

Health officials report detection of Wild Polio Virus 1 in Sialkot sewage
By M. Waqar Bhatti
August 19, 2022

ISLAMABAD: Following the detection of Wild Polio Virus 1 in the environmental samples of eight cities of Pakistan, now WPV1 has been detected in the sewage of the industrial city of Sialkot, officials in the National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (NHS,R&C) confirmed to The News on Thursday, fearing that it could further lead to spreading of poliovirus in the country.

“Today, Wild Polio Virus 1 has been detected in the sewage of Sialkot city of Punjab, indicating that the virus is rapidly spreading in different cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. So far, Wild Polio Virus 1 has been detected in the environmental samples of 9 cities of the country including the capital Islamabad”, an official in the federal capital told The News.

Pakistan has so far reported 14 polio cases in 2022 with 13 cases from North Waziristan alone but experts fear with the detection of poliovirus from the sewage in nine major cities of KP, Punjab and the capital, it is only a matter of time that poliovirus can start crippling children in the densely populated cities of the country. “Last month, Wild Polio Virus was detected in the sewage of Peshawar, Bannu, Nowshera and Swat in Khyber Paktunkhwa, capital Islamabad as well as Rawalpindi and Lahore in Punjab”, the official, who is not authorized to talk to media, said. In August alone, he said, Wild Polio Virus 1 has been detected in the environmental samples of Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur and now in Sialkot, the official said, adding that results of various cities of Sindh, Balochistan and other parts of the country are being awaited.

When asked as to why poliovirus has not yet been detected in Sindh and Balochistan, especially in Karachi, the official said due to heavy monsoon rains, sewage gets diluted so the chances of detection of poliovirus in the sewage become very rare. “Samples from the sewage of a particular area collected before 10 in the morning. But if it is raining heavily like in the case of Karachi, other cities of Sindh and Balochistan, detection of poliovirus in the sewage samples becomes very difficult as it gets diluted”, the official added.

Terming the presence of Wild Polio Virus 1 in the sewage samples of nine major cities of Pakistan, the official said it indicates that the virus has spread to the entire Pakistan from North Waziristan and feared that it could lead to serious consequences for the country...

 

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Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/985493-two-polio-workers-tortured-in-chuhng

Two polio workers tortured in Chuhng
By Our Correspondent
August 26, 2022

LAHORE:A suspect tortured two polio workers in the Chuhng area after they failed to convince him for giving polio drops to his children.

The victims were identified as Mazhar Abbass and Sami Ullah. The victims reportedly were on polio vaccination duty and were confronted by Nawaz alias Billa Gujjar in Mohalla Gujjran. The suspect refused to allow administration of polio vaccination to his children. The workers insisted and tried to convince him. However, the suspect was annoyed and tortured them. CCPO Lahore Ghulam Mehmood took notice of the incident. He said that such incidents cannot be tolerated while seeking report of action from field officer concerned. He said that over 1,200 police officers were deployed for the security of polio teams in Lahore.

 

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Source: https://newstodaynet.com/2022/08/26/poliovirus-detected-in-3-pak-cities/


Poliovirus detected in 3 Pak cities
Posted on August 26, 2022 9:22 am By Agency

The wild poliovirus has been detected in the environmental samples from three more cities of Pakistan’s Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provinces, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.The virus was detected in the sewage samples of Peshawar and Bannu cities of KP, and Punjab’s capital Lahore, the Ministry told Xinhua news agency...

 

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Source: https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/27-Aug-2022/pakistan-reports-another-polio-case-in-north-waziristan

Pakistan reports another polio case in North Waziristan
12:18 PM | 27 Aug, 2022

PESHAWAR – Pakistan has reported the fifteenth polio case of this year as the health authorities detected one more case in the country’s North Waziristan tribal district.

This time, a 17-month-old boy has been diagnosed with the polio disease in Ghulam Khan area, reports said.

According to preliminary investigations, the child developed symptoms on August 21. Health authorities said that the total number of cases in North Waziritan has reached 14...

 

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Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan/two-more-polio-cases-reported-southern-khyber-pakhtunkhwa


Two more polio cases reported from southern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Format News and Press Release
Source Govt. Pakistan
Posted 1 Sep 2022
Originally published 31 Aug 2022

ISLAMABAD, 31 AUGUST 2022 – Two more children have been paralyzed by the wild poliovirus in southern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

The affected children include a 16-year-old boy from Lakki Marwat and a two-year-old boy from North Waziristan, making it the 2nd case from Lakki Marwat, the 15th case from North Waziristan, and the 16th and 17th case respectively from Pakistan at large this year.

Both children had onset of paralysis on 9 August, the Pakistan’s National Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health Islamabad confirmed on Wednesday, 31st August. The teenage boy is suffering from weakness in his left leg, while the affected child in North Waziristan had generalized body weakness and passed away later on...

 

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Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/989971-poliovirus-found-in-four-more-cities


Peshawar
Poliovirus found in four more cities
By Our Correspondent
September 10, 2022

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s National Polio Laboratory has detected Type-1 wild poliovirus (WPV1) in the environmental samples collected from Bannu, Peshawar, Lahore and Swat.

“This is the seventh positive environmental sample from Bannu, third each from Peshawar and Lahore and second from Swat this year,” said officials of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination. So far, wild poliovirus has crippled 17 children in Pakistan, of which one died due to the complications of the disease. All these polio cases were reported from North Waziristan and district Lakki Marwat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, they said.

The NHS officials said a total of 10 positive environmental samples have been detected in the month of August 2022, five each from Punjab and KP, taking a tally of positive environmental samples to 21 in the year.

Of which, seven positive environmental samples were detected from Bannu, three each from Lahore and Peshawar, two each from Rawalpindi from Swat, and one each from Nowshera, Bahawalpur, Sialkot and Islamabad. In a month-wise break up, one positive environmental sample was detected in April, two in May, one in June, seven in July, and 10 in August 2022...

 

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Source: https://www.canindia.com/poliovirus-found-in-karachis-sewage-line-for-first-time-in-over-a-year/

Poliovirus found in Karachi’s sewage line for first time in over a year
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The Wild Poliovirus Type-1 was detected in an environmental sample collected from a sewage line in Karachi’s Landhi area in August, Pakistan’s National Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, confirmed, Geo News reported.

Officials of the federal ministry of National Health Services said this was the first positive environmental sample from Sindh this year.

As many as 11 positive cases of poliovirus have been reported in Pakistan during August alone, while the total number of cases reported so far this year is 22. Of the 11 cases detected in August, five each were from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab while Sindh reported one case.

The federal ministry’s officials said the environmental sample that was found positive in Karachi was collected on August 23 from the Bakhtawar village in the Landhi area of Karachi, Geo News reported...

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Source: https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror...tans-khyber-pakhtunwa-4-dead-article-94116562

Polio vaccination team attacked in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunwa; 4 dead
Attacks on the polio vaccination team have increased in Pakistan over the past few months. More than a few Pakistanis believe that polio drops cause infertility in people. Although the government has been trying to explain to people that this campaign is for their own safety. Four policemen are dead in the recent attack.
Mirror Now Digital
Updated Sep 10, 2022 | 06:40 PM IST

Lahore: A polio vaccination crew was shot at by unidentified terrorists on Friday in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Due to this, 4 policemen posted in the security of the polio team were killed and two were injured.
Officials said the incident took place in the Gul Iman area of Tank district. A police van carrying a door-to-door polio immunisation team was attacked by the assailants...

 

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Source: https://arynews.tv/pakistan-reports-18th-polio-case-from-north-waziristan/

Pakistan reports 18th polio case from North Waziristan
September 13, 2022

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported the 18th polio case from North Waziristan, a district that has been a hotbed of the crippling disease in the country, ARY News reported.

The spokesperson for the National Institute of Health (NIC) said that the south and northern districts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province have been declared sensitive and emergency measures are being taken to completely eradicate polio from the country.

After staying in a polio-free country for almost 15 months, Pakistan has reported 18th case of poliovirus in 2022 so far...

 

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Source: https://www.siasat.com/pakistan-reports-19th-polio-case-of-this-year-2414288/


Pakistan reports 19th polio case of this year
Controlling the outbreak in KP remains the focus of the Pakistan Polio Program, the Ministry said.
Posted by Mohammed Baleegh | Published: 16th September 2022 5:07 pm IST

Islamabad: The number of polio cases detected in Pakistan this year has increased to 19 after a six-month-old child in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) South Waziristan district was paralysed by the virus, the Health Ministry announced on Friday.

According to the Ministry, the child had an onset of the paralysis on August 22 as confirmed by the Pakistan National Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health, reports Xinhua news agency.

This was the first case from South Waziristan this year.

All the 19 cases were detected in KP two patients from Lakki Marwat, 16 from North Waziristan and one from South Waziristan district...