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  • #16
    Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/pakista...er-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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    • #17
      Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/989...ur-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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      • #18
        Source: https://www.canindia.com/poliovirus-...n-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-...ticle-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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        • #19
          Source: https://arynews.tv/pakistan-reports-...th-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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          • #20

            Source: https://www.siasat.com/pakistan-repo...-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...

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            • #21
              Poliovirus 1 detected in samples collected in five cities

              September 22, 2022
              By M Waqar Bhatti

              SLAMABAD: Pakistan’s National Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health Islamabad has confirmed the detection of Type-1 Wild Poliovirus (WPV1) in five environmental samples collected in August-September 2022, officials in the National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (NHSR&C) said.

              New positive environmental samples have been detected from District Bannu, Peshawar, Swat, South Waziristan & Rawalpindi. “This is the 8th positive environmental sample from Bannu, 4th positive sample from Peshawar, and the 3rd positive sample each from Rawalpindi and Swat, this year”, an official of the NHSR&C said adding that from South Waziristan, this is the first positive environmental sample after the WPV1 case was confirmed from the district last week. The total number of positive environmental samples in 2022 is 27.

              Seventeen positive environmental samples were detected from KP (eight from Bannu, four from Peshawar, three from Swat, and one each from Nowshera & South Waziristan), eight positive samples from Punjab (three each from Lahore & Rawalpindi and one each from Bahawalpur & Sialkot), and one positive sample each from Sindh) (Karachi Landhi) and Islamabad.

              One positive environmental sample was detected in April, two in May, one in June, seven on July, 15 in August and one in September 2022. In 2021, 65 positive environmental samples were detected in the country.To mitigate the risks associated with the recent poliovirus detections from the environment, an immediate response round (sub-national) was implemented in August 2022, the official added. ...

              ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s National Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health Islamabad has confirmed the detection of Type-1 Wild Poliovirus in five environmental samples collected in...

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              • #22
                Source: https://arynews.tv/pakistan-reports-...th-waziristan/

                Pakistan reports 20th polio case in 2022 from North Waziristan
                September 30, 2022
                Web Desk

                SLAMABAD: In an unfortunate development, another case of polio has been reported in the country after it was detected in a 10-year-old child from North Waziristan district of the KP province, ARY NEWS reported.

                According to a spokesman for National Ministry for Health, the poliovirus was found in a 10-month-old child from union council Ghulam Khan of North Waziristan.

                “In the ongoing year, as many as 17 cases of poliovirus have been reported from North Waziristan,” the spokesman said, adding that the national tally of virus-affected children has reached 20 in 2022.

                It is pertinent to mention here that the National Polio Lab (NPL) has recently detected polio virus in sewage water samples collected from five cities, including Peshawar...

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                • #23
                  Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1716901/po...-on-polio-team

                  Policeman martyred in attack on polio team
                  Saleem Shahid Published October 26, 2022 Updated about 15 hours ago

                  QUETTA: A police constable escorting health workers was martyred on Tuesday in a targeted attack during a polio eradication campaign in Pishin district.

                  Police said the incident took place in the Mirzai area of Killi Trat, on the outskirts of Pishin town, when armed men opened fire on the team. The polio volunteers remained safe as the head constable of Pishin police covered them. But he ended up receiving bullet injuries. He was rushed to the district hospital, but passed away on the way.

                  “We have received the body of the policeman, who was identified as Muhammad Hashim,” hospital officials said, adding the body was shifted to Quetta for an autopsy...


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                  • #24
                    Source: https://minutemirror.com.pk/levies-o...workers-70004/

                    Levies officer lost life in attack on polio workers
                    By Mirror Web
                    October 28, 2022
                    Updated: 5 hours ago

                    A Levies official was martyred after an armed man opened fire on a polio team in the Chaman district of Balochistan.

                    On Thursday, a levies representative was sent to ensure the safety of the polio team by giving anti-polio drops to youngsters under the age of five.

                    Habib ur Rehman, a citizen of Chaman, was named as the victim. When Levies and the police arrived, they began an inquiry into the incident.

                    The victim’s dead body was carried to the District Headquarters Hospital in Chaman, where the deputy commissioner of Chaman and other concerned officers arrived....

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                    • #25
                      Source: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/11/...g-polio-teams/

                      4 dead as bomber hits Pakistan police protecting polio teams
                      By Abdul Sattar And Munir Ahmed, The Associated Press

                      Posted Nov 30, 2022, 5:32AM EST.

                      QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up near a truck carrying police officers on their way to protect polio workers near Quetta Wednesday, killing a police officer and three civilians from the same family who was traveling nearby in a car. The bombing also wounded 23 others, mostly policemen, officials said.

                      Ghulam Azfer Mehser, a senior police officer, said the attack happened as the policemen were heading to the polio workers, part of a nationwide vaccination drive launched Monday.

                      The blast was so powerful that it toppled the truck carrying police officers into a ravine, he said, adding that the bombing also damaged a nearby car carrying members of a family.

                      He said that the anti-polio campaign will continue even after the bombing...

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                      • #26
                        Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2389268...salabad-sewage

                        Polio virus found in Peshawar, Faisalabad sewage
                        Polio has been confirmed in 34 environmental samples during this year
                        Our Correspondent December 03, 2022

                        ISLAMABAD:

                        The polio virus has been found in the sewage samples collected from Peshawar and Faisalabad, a source in the Ministry of Health confirmed.

                        WPV1 is present in the sewages of Peshawar and Faisalabad. The polio virus is present in the sewage of three pumping stations in Faisalabad. Samples for the polio test were taken from Peshawar and Faisalabad on November 11 and confirmed later, according to the sources.

                        During this year, polio has been confirmed in 34 environmental samples, of which 22 were from K-P and nine from Punjab.

                        Sindh and Islamabad had one polio case each this year.

                        The polio virus has been found in the sewage samples collected from Peshawar and Faisalabad, a source in the Ministry of Health confirmed.

                        WPV1 is present in the sewages of Peshawar and Faisalabad. The polio virus is present in the sewage of three pumping stations in Faisalabad. Samples for the polio test were taken from Peshawar and Faisalabad on November 11 and confirmed later, according to the sources.

                        During this year, polio has been confirmed in 34 environmental samples, of which 22 were from K-P and nine from Punjab.

                        Sindh and Islamabad had one polio case each this year...

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