Pakistan: 2019 Polio - 141 cases to date

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Source: https://www.urdupoint.com/en/health/fresh-polio-case-reported-from-bajour-527274.html


Fresh Polio Case Reported From Bajour
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) 3 hours ago Fri 11th January 2019 | 07:15 PM
Another child falls prey to the parental refusal in Bajour Agency as a two and a half year old child was just diagnosed with poliomyelitis on Friday

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Jan, 2019 ) :Another child falls prey to the parental refusal in Bajour Agency as a two and a half year old child was just diagnosed with poliomyelitis on Friday.

According to an official of Polio Emergency Operation Centre, child's father allowed polio drops to daughters but kept his son away from polio immunization teams during anti-polio drives. He said that this was the 10th polio case of year 2018.

He said that six polio cases were reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during year 2018 included one from Charssada, one from Lakki Marwat, three from Bajour and one from Khyber.

He said that the centre had also confirmed on Thursday polio case reported from Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) in 16 months child Anam.

He said that samples of child's blood were collected in December 2018, therefore the case belongs to last year tally...

 

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Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/417854-another-polio-case-reported-in-kp

Another polio case reported in KP
Bureau report
January 12, 2019

PESHAWAR: The second polio case in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2019 was reported from Bajaur tribal district a day after one was detected in Lakki Marwat. The National Institute of Health isolated the wild polio virus from a stool sample of 30-month child belonging to Sheikhan village in Salarzai tehsil in Bajaur.

The stool sample of the child was collected on December 27 last year to check the presence of polio virus. The laboratory isolated wild polio virus from stools and confirmed it to be a case of polio. It was notified by the National Emergency Operations Centre in Islamabad on Friday.

The total count of polio cases in the newly merged tribal districts during 2018 reached four. It was the sixth case in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The family of the child had moved from Balochistan to Bajaur around a month before the date of onset (when the child got paralyzed because of polio virus).

Earlier, the first polio case of 2019 was reported from Lakki Marwat, the native district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Minister Dr Hisham Inamullah Khan. According to sources in the KP Health Department, the child named Anam was a 16-month old girl. She is the resident of Bhana Manji Wala village of Lakki Marwat. It is unclear if the child was given anti-polio vaccine...

 

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Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/418976-poliovirus-detected-from-sewage-in-8-cities-eoc

Poliovirus detected from sewage in 8 cities: EOC
Web Desk
January 14, 2019

The extensive environmental surveillance established by the Pakistan Polio Eradication programme has detected the polio virus from sewage of eight populous cities during last month.

According to results shared by the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC), the presence of polio virus was confirmed in sewage samples collected from Karachi, Peshawar, Bannu, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Killa Abdullah, Pishin and Quetta during December 2018.

Considering the associated risks, the country programme has urged parents to ensure immunization of all children under the age of five years during the upcoming polio campaign scheduled to start from 21st January...

 

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Source: https://arynews.tv/en/first-polio-case-2019-confirmed-bajour/
First polio case of 2019 confirmed in Bajour
Web Desk On Feb 2, 2019 Last updated Feb 2, 2019

ISLAMABAD: The first polio case of the year 2019 has been reported from Bajour district on Saturday, according to Focal Person to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Polio Eradication Babar Atta.

?Sad News: The ongoing active virus circulation in Bajour Tribal District has paralysed yet another child as Pakistan reports its 1st polio case of 2019 from Khar. The child is 11 months old. Bajour has now reported 6 polio cases alone during the last 3 months,? he tweeted.

?This also justifies the action I took last week during my visit to Bajour Agency by removing 7 Polio officers for showing negligence towards their duties. Bajour, like many other districts did nothing the whole year 2017/18 but celebrate that they had ?zero? polio case.?...

 

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Source: https://arynews.tv/en/second-polio-case-of-year-2019-surfaced-in-kp/


Second polio case of year-2019 surfaced in KP
Web Desk On Feb 7, 2019 Last updated Feb 7, 2019

ISLAMABAD: The prime minister?s focal person for polio eradication Babar Bin Atta on Thursday confirmed that second polio case of the year-2019 surfaced in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Babar Bin Atta said that a two-year-old boy was diagnosed with the crippling virus in Bannu. He said that Bannu is one of the areas, where parents usually refused to have polio drops administered to their children...

 

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Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/02/08/health-dg-confirms-presence-of-poliovirus-in-faisalabad/




Health DG confirms presence of poliovirus in Faisalabad
by INP , (Last Updated 3 hours ago)

LAHORE: Health Director General (DG) Dr Munir Ahmed on Friday confirmed the presence of poliovirus in Faisalabad.

As per details, the samples collected from Achkera Pumping Station turned out to be positive for poliovirus.

The crippling virus has been reported in Lahore and Rawalpindi whereas it was earlier detected in Faisalabad back in 2016.

?An anti-polio drive will kick-off from February 18 in Faisalabad, Lahore and Rawalpindi to eradicate the crippling virus from the areas,? Dr Munir said...

 

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Source: https://arynews.tv/en/two-more-polio-cases-reported/


Two more polio cases reported from Hangu, Lahore
Web Desk On Feb 15, 2019 Last updated Feb 15, 2019

ISLAMABAD: Two new polio cases were reported in the country on Thursday, ARY News reported.

According to prime minister?s focal person for polio eradication, Babar Bin Atta, the first case was reported in a four-month-old girl in Hangu, while another case was detected in an eight-month-old boy in Lahore?s Shalimar Town area.

He said a total of four cases of polio had been reported in the ongoing year...

 

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Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1911390/1-poliovirus-detected-sewage-10-cities-january/


The Express Tribune > Pakistan
Poliovirus detected from sewage in 10 cities during January
By Our Correspondent
Published: February 16, 2019

ISLAMABAD:
The fight against polio suffers another setback as the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme has detected poliovirus in the sewage of 10 cities during the last month. According to results shared by the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC), the extensive environmental surveillance has detected the presence of poliovirus in sewage samples collected from Faisalabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Karachi, Sukkur, Killa Abdullah, Quetta, Dera Ismail Khan, Peshawar and South Waziristan during January.

Considering the associated risks, the country programme has urged parents to ensure immunization of all children under the age of five years during the polio campaigns...

 

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Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1946104/1-another-polio-worker-gunned-mohmand/

Another polio worker gunned down in Mohmand
By Our Correspondent
Published: April 8, 2019

Wajid Khan, a union council polio worker, was gunned down on Monday in Mohmand tribal district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P).

According to initial details, the person who opened fire at the polio worker following an argument early morning was identified as Zubair Khan.

A district administration official Mohmand and local sources also confirmed the incident that happened in Auto Khel area of Haleemzai tehsil.

Wajid performing polio monitoring duty after the end of a polio eradication campaign in the area confirmed Mohmand tribal district polio officer Dr Shabbir Khan.

?Wajid learnt at Zubair?s house that the latter has refused to let the polio teams tried to administer polio drops to his children. The killed polio worker tried to convince him and in doing so, the two exchanged harsh words,? said the officials...

 

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Source: https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pak...from-sewage-in-12-pakistani-cities-1.63411519


Polio virus detected from sewage in 12 Pakistani cities
Sewage water samples are collected on a monthly basis from 59 sampling sites
Published: April 18, 2019 16:17 APP

ISLAMABAD: The extensive environmental surveillance established by the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme has detected the poliovirus in sewage of 12 cities.

According to result shared by the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC), the presence of virus was confirmed in sewage samples collected in March 2019 from cities of Peshawar, Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Mardan, Bannu, Waziristan, Hyderabad, Kambar and Sukkur.

Considering the associated risks, the Country Programme has urged parents to ensure immunisation of all children during every polio campaign...

 

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Source: https://dailytimes.com.pk/380616/he...us-in-karachi-four-other-cities-across-sindh/

Health Sec confirms polio virus in Karachi, four other cities across Sindh
Jamal Dawoodpoto
April 23, 2019

PolioSindh Health Secretary, Saeed Ahmed Awan, on Monday, remarked that out of 11 surveillance sites in Karachi, poliovirus was detected in as many as eight. He maintained the presence of the virus had also been confirmed in Kambar, Jacobabad, Sukkur and Hyderabad, due to which anti-polio campaign will be launched across Sindh...

 

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Source: https://nation.com.pk/24-Apr-2019/two-new-polio-cases-reported-from-kp


Two new polio cases reported from KP
Our Staff Reporter
April 24, 2019

ISLAMABAD - The National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) for Polio Eradication has notified two new polio cases from Bannu and North Waziristan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, bringing the total number of polio cases in the country to eight this year.
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According to the details shared by the NEOC, the infected children include a 22 months old male child of district Bannu and 24 months old female child of tehsil Miran Shah, tribal District North Waziristan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

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Source: https://nation.com.pk/24-Apr-2019/cop-killed-polio-workers-injured-in-attacks


Cop killed, polio workers injured in attacks
Bannu/LAHORE - A policeman guarding polio workers was shot dead in Bannu while two polio workers were wounded in a knife attack in Lahore on Tuesday.

According to Bannu police, armed assailants opened fire and shot dead Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Imran who had been deputed to guard a polio team that was engaged in administering anti-polio drops to children during the ongoing three-day campaign in city?s Bacha Khan Chowk.

After committing the crime, the attackers managed to escape before police and personnel of other law enforcement agencies reached the spot. They later cordoned off the area to arrest the culprits.

In Lahore, two polio workers were wounded in a knife attack in Shadbagh area.

Rescuers said both the victims were rushed to Mayo Hospital with stab wounds on their arms and hands. A police spokesman said the suspect was arrested soon after the incident...

 

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Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/201...own-in-chaman/

Female polio worker killed in Chaman as attacks intensify against drive
by Staff Report , (Last Updated 4 hours ago)
–Unidentified gunmen open fire on immunisation team, leave another female vaccinator injured
–Nowshera man refuses drops for his children, throws anti-polio team out of his house

CHAMAN/PESHAWAR: Polio eradication teams were attacked in Sindh and Balochistan on Thursday while a female polio worker was shot and killed in Chaman.

According to police, two men on a motorcycle attacked a polio team in Chaman’s Sultanzai area, which resulted in Nasreen, a 35-year-old polio worker being killed. Another polio worker, 24-year-old Rashida was seriously wounded in the attack. She was shifted to a hospital in Quetta for treatment.

Polio campaign was temporary suspended in Sultanzai while police have launched a search operation in the area...

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Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/04/25/5600-polio-refusal-cases-reported-in-rawalpindi/

5,600 polio refusal cases reported in Rawalpindi
by APP , (Last Updated 4 hours ago)

RAWALPINDI: Around 5,600 parents have reportedly refused polio vaccination for their children during the ongoing five-day anti-polio drive which started in the district on April 22.

Punjab Anti-Polio Emergency Centre Coordinator Salman Ghani told APP that in the wake of the Peshawar incident, parents of around 13,000 children refused to administer polio drops to their children in Punjab and the number of refusal cases was highest in Rawalpindi as 5,600 parents have expressed reservations about the vaccine, in Attock the number was 500 and in Lahore 600.

He further told that after convincing their parents by the polio workers the number of refusal cases decreases to 8,000 out of the total 13,000.

He said that a comprehensive strategy had been formed to end doubts and convince parents to administer polio drops to their children, adding that authorities are persistently trying to approach and convince parents who did not allow health workers to administer polio drops to their children...

 

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Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...ons-halted-killings-amid-panic-sterilisation/


Pakistan Polio vaccinations halted after killings amid panic over sterilisation conspiracy theories
Ben Farmer, Islamabad
29 April 2019 ? 5:29pm

Pakistan has suspended an anti-polio vaccination campaign after a health worker and two police were shot dead, and a social media health scare caused near hysteria.

Unknown gunmen killed one health worker and two police guards in separate attacks in north eastern Pakistan, while fake claims that the vaccine was harmful started a panic among parents in the region.

More than 25,000 children were admitted to hospital after false reports the vaccine was causing vomiting and fainting. A mob also burned down a health centre...

 

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Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/05/02/polio-cases-across-pakistan-touch-9/


Boy tests positive for polio in Lahore
by Staff Report , (Last Updated 6 hours ago)

LAHORE: With another polio case surfacing in Lahore, the total number of such cases across Pakistan has touched 9.

According to details, the victim was identified as a 10-year-old boy who was a resident of Allama Iqbal Town. ?Samples were collected on April 2 and sent to Islamabad for confirmation. The virus belongs to an Outfall Pumping Station in Lahore,? an official at polio laboratory of the National Institute of Health said...

 

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Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1480349/th...ises-to-eleven


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/polio-official-shot-dead-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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Source: https://arynews.tv/en/larkanas-three-year-old-diagnosed-with-polio/


Larkana?s three-year-old diagnosed with polio
Web Desk On May 7, 2019

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of National Health Services has reported another polio case with the tally adding up to 12 in this year alone, ARY News reported.

Larkana?s Union Council Sehar?s resident, a three-year-old named Fizza has been diagnosed with the crippling disease.

This is the second case from Sindh which has come to the forefront. The toddler?s blood samples will be sent to the National Institute of Health (NIH) for further tests.

Earlier in the year 11 cases were reported from the country...

 

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PAKISTAN

Two more polio cases surface in Sindh, North Waziristan

Agencies

MAY 17, 2019

Two cases of polio virus emerged on Thursday, one from the financial hub of the country and the other from North Waziristan.

According to the spokesman for the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) for polio eradication and immunisation, the affected child in Karachi ? Abdul Nasir ? is six months old and belongs to Gulshan-e-Iqbal?s UC-12. According to the father and grandmother, the child had never been administered anti-polio drops and whenever teams came to give polio drops, the family concealed the child?s presence.

According to the spokesman, Pakistan has 17 cases of polio registered this year...

https://dailytimes.com.pk/395669/two-more-polio-cases-surface-in-sindh-north-waziristan/

 

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Source: https://nation.com.pk/24-May-2019/nih-confirms-two-new-polio-cases-from-kp


NIH confirms two new polio cases from KP
Case from DI Khan is the second higher aged group polio case reported from the country in 2019 so far

May 24, 2019

PESHAWAR - National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad on Wednesday notified two new polio cases each from Tehsil Mir Ali, North Waziristan and Tehsil Paharpur, District DI Khan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, taking the total count of polio cases to 13 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 19 in Pakistan during 2019 so far.
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According to a statement issued here by Emergency Operations Center (EOC) KP, wild polio virus has been isolated from stool sample of 17 months girl resident of Tarroti, Idak UC Mir Ali-7, Tehsil Mir Ali, North Waziristan and 144 months girl of UC Dhap Shumali, Tehsil Paharpur, District DI Khan.

By the recall of parents, 17 months girl has not received any dose of essential/routine immunisation while administration of anti-polio vaccine during campaign is still under investigation, whereas, 144 months (12 years) girl received only three doses of routine/essential immunisation (as per recall of parents)...

 

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Source: https://arynews.tv/en/another-polio-case-bannu/




Another polio case surfaces in Bannu
Web Desk On May 29, 2019
DG health, polio virus, Faisalabad

ISLAMABAD: Another polio case has surfaced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday, ARY News reported.

Sources in Health Ministry said that polio virus had been confirmed in a 18-month-old boy in Bannu area of KP, bringing the total number of polio cases in the country to 20 this year.

The case was reported from Bannu area of KP where the crippling disease has affected 18-month-old boy. The sources in Health Ministry confirmed the boy had been diagnosed with the crippling disease.

Earlier on May 23, two more polio cases had been reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, taking the total number for the current year to 19 in Pakistan...