Pakistan: 2019 Polio - 141 cases to date

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Source: https://nation.com.pk/01-Jun-2019/who-finds-presence-of-polio-virus-in-samples-collected-in-karachi


WHO finds presence of polio virus from samples collected in Karachi
NNI
6:00 PM | June 01, 2019

Sewage samples collected from gutters of 11 sampling sites in the metropolis have confirmed prevalence of polio virus in Karachi.

The World Health Organization (WHO) had collected samples in Karachi to assess prevalence of the crippling virus in the city.

According to sources, the samples were collected from gutters in Karachi during the period from April 05 to May 16.

The WHO gathered samples from 11 localities in the city to examine the situation of polio virus.

The samples were collected from sampling sites of Hijrat Colony, Machhar Colony, Khameso Goth, Rashid Minhas Road, Korangi, Bakhtawar Village Landhi, Haji Mureed Goth, Sohrab Goth, Mohammad Khan Colony, Orangi Nallah, Orangi Colony and PIDC Colony.

The samples collected from all areas confirmed presence of the polio virus in sewage water, sources further said...

 

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Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/20...an-for-90-days-after-discovery-of-poliovirus/


WHO extends travel restrictions on Pakistan for 90 days after discovery of poliovirus
by Agencies , (Last Updated about 1 hour ago)

GENEVA: Expressing grave concern over ?significant increase? in polio cases in Pakistan, International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee has extended for another three months travel restrictions on the country to check the spread of poliovirus.

The extension came during the twenty-first meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the international spread of poliovirus at WHO headquarters, according to a statement.

The Emergency Committee reviewed the data on wild poliovirus (WPV1) and circulating vaccine derived polioviruses (cVDPV). The Secretariat presented a report of progress for affected IHR States Parties subject to Temporary Recommendations.

The following IHR States Parties provided an update on the current situation and the implementation of the WHO Temporary Recommendations since the Committee last met on 19 February 2019: Afghanistan, DR Congo, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Somalia.

The committee commended all countries that presented on the quality of information provided, and the transparency with which countries discussed their challenges.

?The Committee is gravely concerned by the significant further increase in WPV1 cases globally in 2019, particularly in Pakistan where 15 cases have already been reported,? reads the statement...

 

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Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1991970/1-polio-case-surfaces-shangla/ The Express Tribune
Polio case surfaces in Shangla
By Our Correspondent
Published: June 13, 2019

SHANGLA:
A polio case surfaced in Shangla district of Malakand division on Thursday after the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad confirmed the virus in an 18-month-old child, taking the total number of children infected by the crippling disease in the country to 17.

According to the district administration, the infected child?s samples were dispatched to the NIH a few days ago after symptoms of polio were reported during treatment at a tertiary care hospital in Abbottabad.

The family told the media that their child had fever for the last six months and that they could not afford better doctors as they were not that well off...

 

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Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/06/17/anti-polio-campaign-kicks-off-in-three-provinces/


Another polio case surfaces in KP
by Staff Report , (Last Updated 7 hours ago)

ISLAMABAD: Another polio case was reported in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as a three-day anti-polio campaign began across Sindh and selected districts of Punjab and Balochistan on Monday.

Sources in Health Ministry said that poliovirus had been confirmed in a 1.5-year-old boy in Bannu area of KP, bringing the total number of polio cases in the country to 24 this year...

 

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Source: https://arynews.tv/en/two-more-cases-of-polio-virus-surface-in-khyber-pakhtunkhwa/


Two more cases of polio virus surface in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Web Desk On Jun 20, 2019 Last updated Jun 20, 2019
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, polio cases

ISLAMABAD: In what is being seen as a setback for the government?s efforts to eliminate polio virus in the country, two new cases of polio virus have surfaced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, increasing the total of this year?s cases to 26, ARY News reported on Thursday.

Well-informed sources within the health ministry say the two cases have been reported from two Khyber Pakhtunkhwa districts. One of them was confirmed from a stool sample of a 21-month old baby girl of Wazir tehsil of Bannu.

The victim?s samples were taken on June 8.

The second case was reported from Mamakhail UC of Lakki Marwat district where 15-month old boy was tested positive for polio virus.

It is noteworthy that thus far three cases each have been reported from Punjab and Sindh provinces whereas 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and seven from the newly merged tribal districts of the province this year...

 

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Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/487692-three-more-children-diagnosed-with-polio-in-kp

Three more children diagnosed with polio in KP
Bureau Report June 21, 2019

PESHAWAR: Polio continued to hit children in the country as three more children were diagnosed with the virus on Thursday.

All the three polio cases were reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. And with the latest three cases, the total number of polio cases reached 27 in Pakistan in 2019.

Among the three children, a 21 months girl, resident of Saidgai village, Takhti Khel Union Council, was diagnosed with polio. She reportedly didn?t get any polio vaccination...

...The second polio case was reported from remote mountainous Torghar district, where a 10-month boy, resident of Gigani, Hernail union council of Judbah subdivision. This child is also stated to have received no dose. Third polio case was reported from Lakki Marwat where a 15 months boy, resident of Jadid Mamakhel, Mamakhel union council of Sarae Naurang subdivision. According to the officials, the child belongs to a poor family and his father is a labourer...

 

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Source: https://arynews.tv/en/five-polio-cas...r-pakhtunkhwa/


Five more polio cases surface in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Web Desk On Jun 28, 2019
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PESHAWAR: National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication on Thursday confirmed that five new cases of polio virus surfaced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

Prime Minister’s Focal Person on Polio Babar Bin Atta said in a statement that two of these cases were detected in Bannu, two in Torghar and one in North Waziristan.

He said, “A fake drama is being created against polio vaccine in Peshawar.” The focal person advised parents to avoid propaganda against polio vaccine and urged them to vaccinate their children to protect them from polio virus...

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Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2001479/1-five-polio-cases-confirmed-k-p-years-count-rises-32/


Five polio cases confirmed in K-P; year's count rises to 32
By Razya Khan
Published: June 27, 2019

ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan?s struggles to eradicate the poliovirus were further compounded as five new cases were confirmed in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Thursday.

In a video message, Babar bin Atta, the prime minister?s focal person on polio eradication, said two cases were traced in Torghar, two in Bannu and one in North Waziristan...

 

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Source: https://nation.com.pk/03-Jul-2019/five-more-polio-cases-surface-in-khyber-pakthunkawa


Five polio cases reported in KP, toll rises to 31
Five new cases of the polio virus were reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the provincial government's health department said on Wednesday.
Web Desk
2:37 PM | July 03, 2019

According to the KP Health Department, three cases of polio were reported in Bannu and two cases were reported in Torghar, bringing the number of cases to 31 in the province for this year.

In all of the five cases, the children had not been administered the zero dose of the vaccine.

In a press statement issued by the Coordinator EOC KP Captain (R) Kamran Ahmed Afridi said, ?All the efforts put in by the provincial government to eradicate polio from the region will not be achieved unless the refusing parents understand that their individual decision to refuse anti-polio vaccines not only demonstrates indifference to their child?s health but is also an expression of disregard to the national cause of polio eradication that we must have to achieve as a nation.?

Along with Afghanistan and Nigeria, Pakistan is one of the only three countries where complete polio eradication has not yet been achieved...

 

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Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/20...und-in-kp-and-balochistan-taking-total-to-41/


4 more polio cases found in KP and Balochistan
by Staff Report , (Last Updated 5 hours ago)

-Cases surface in KP?s Bannu and Balochistan?s Killa Abdullah, Jaffarabad; taking total polio cases to 41 this year

PESHAWAR/QUETTA: National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication on Monday said that four polio cases based on parental refusals have been reported from Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

According to an official of National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication, the new cases confirmed by the Polio Virology Laboratory had been found in District Jaffarabad and Killa Abdullah in Balochistan and district Bannu in KP.

He said that new cases from Jaffarabad and Killa Abdullah in Balochistan and two cases in Bannu in KP bringing the total number of cases in the country to 41, including a total of 33 polio cases reported in KP, three cases from Punjab, three cases from Sindh and two cases from Balochistan.

He said that the victims were thirty months old boy and 12 months old girl from district Bannu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and eight months old boy from district Jaffarabad and nine months old boy from District Killa Abdullah in Balochistan. ?In all four fresh reported polio cases, parental refusal is found to be common among the polio victims,? he added...

 

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Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1493542

Data on polio has been manipulated, claims PM?s focal person
Ikram JunaidiUpdated July 12, 2019

ISLAMABAD: After a sudden rise in reported cases, the new leadership of the polio programme has reached a conclusion that data manipulation was done over the past few years as performance of the entire programme revolved around the data or numbers.

Moreover, in the past all the attention was given to controlling the disease and reducing the number of reported cases rather than eradication of the crippling disease?s virus.

?Across the globe it is observed that wherever 95 per cent children were vaccinated, against the polio, the virus was eradicated. Over the years the staff of polio programme claimed that it had vaccinated over 99pc children and in some cases, such as in January 2019, data showed that 101pc children were vaccinated. I believe that wrong data was given by the field staff as their performance depended on the number of vaccinated children,? Prime Minister?s Focal Person on Polio Babar Bin Atta said while talking to Dawn.

He claimed that a new strategy had been adopted due to which within a year poliovirus would be restricted to core reservoir of Peshawar.

Mr Atta, to prove his point, said that in India 95pc children were vaccinated continuously and it achieved the target of becoming a polio-free country.

?I have to admit that there was a communication gap between field workers and the management due to which filed workers claimed that they had vaccinated over 99pc children. Moreover, parents had markers, which were used for marking on fingers, due to which same results were observed during verifications and fingers of children were observed marked. However, whenever a child was infected with polio, it was revealed that he/she was not vaccinated and it was a refusal case,? he said.

He said that after the incident of Peshawar, it was decided that parents would not be pressurised for vaccination. During campaigns it was observed that around 8pc of the parents refused to vaccinate their children.

It is worth mentioning that during a nationwide polio campaign in April, students of a school of Mashokhel were taken to the Hayatabad Medical Complex in Peshawar with the complaint that they suffered reaction because of polio vaccine. However, it was revealed later that a drama was staged against the polio campaign and all the children had no reaction. Some of the culprits involved in the drama were arrested and legal action was taken against them.

?Last month we conducted a survey in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and it was revealed that over 40pc of the population understand that multiple doses were required for the children, over 31pc said ?No? while over 27pc were not sure about it. It showed over 44pc population was aware of the risk that their children are at risk of getting polio while overt 55pc did not believe in it,? he said.

He also said that unfortunately, in the past, programme was considered as the disease control programme rather than the virus eradication programme...

 

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Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/20...-samples-taken-from-seven-karachi-localities/


Poliovirus detected in samples taken from seven Karachi localities
by News Desk , (Last Updated about 1 hour ago)

Seven samples collected from sewages in different localities in Karachi tested positive for poliovirus on Wednesday.

The areas from where the samples were collected include Sohrab Goth, Gadap Town, Hijrat Colony, Saddar, Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC), Haji Mureed Goth and Liaquatabad.

It is pertinent to mention here that the anti-polio campaign in the country has been facing serious impediments as more and more cases are reported every other day, raising questions over the quality and effectiveness of vaccinations being provided to children...

 

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Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/07/26/two-fresh-polio-cases-emerge/

Two fresh polio cases emerge
by APP , (Last Updated 2 hours ago)

ISLAMABAD: The National Emergence Operation Centre (NEOC) on Friday confirmed two new polio cases from Quetta and Bannu.

According to an NEOC official, so far this year, up to 47 polio cases have been reported from across the country.

He added that out of the total, 36 cases have been reported from Khyber Pakthunkwa (KP) and its merged tribal districts, three cases from Balochistan, five cases from Punjab and three cases from Sindh.

He said that the cause behind poliovirus in both children from Bannu and Quetta was refusal of polio vaccination by parents...

 

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Source: https://www.samaa.tv/news/2019/08/another-polio-case-reported-in-balochistan/

Another polio case reported in Balochistan
Asim Khan
2 hours ago

Another case of polio was reported in Balochistan on Saturday, taking the total number of cases detected across the country this year so far to 48.

The victim has been identified as a five-month-old boy from Qilla Abdullah, according to the health department. His parents hadn?t allowed polio teams from administering the vaccine to him.

Four cases have so far been reported in Balochistan, two from Qilla Abdullah and one each Quetta and Jaffarabad...

 

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Source: http://www.newindianexpress.com/wor...stan-five-more-victims-confirmed-2015525.html


Polio cases on the rise in Pakistan, five more victims confirmed
Local Pakistan authorities have blamed the rise in polio cases on parents who refused to get their children vaccinated.
Published: 07th August 2019 04:00 PM | Last Updated: 07th August 2019 04:00 PM
By ANI

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has seen a drastic surge in polio cases this year, with five more children being affected with the virus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Local authorities have blamed the rise in polio cases on parents who refused to get their children vaccinated. This has increased after students in Peshawar's Mashokhel were rushed to the hospital with complaints about a drug reaction during a polio campaign in April this year.

"It has been learnt that none of them was vaccinated during polio campaigns and routine immunisation. Unfortunately, since the incident of Peshawar (in April), we have been facing severe resistance from parents. They have kept markers at their houses and manage to avoid vaccination by marking the fingers of their children on the very first day of polio campaign," the Pakistani Prime Minister's Focal Person on Polio Eradication, Babar Bin Atta told The News International.

There is a sharp increase in the polio cases confirmed in Pakistan this year as compared to the figures in 2018 and 2017. While 53 cases have been confirmed in the South Asian country until now, only 12 and eight cases were confirmed in 2018 and 2017 respectively...

 

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Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/51...de-count-to-58

Two more cases of polio emerge in Sindh, taking country-wide count to 58
M Waqar Bhatti
August 25, 2019

KARACHI: The Emergency Operation Centre for Polio in Sindh has announced that two polio cases have been reported from the province, both from the city of Hyderabad which takes the total count for Sindh in 2019 to five.

Out of these five cases, two are from Karachi, one from Larkana and two from Hyderabad. The total case count in the country is now 58.

An official of the EOC Sindh Sunday said the dreaded polio virus has effected two children in Hyderabad, including a baby girl of 12 months of age who is a resident of Quetta town in District Hyderabad.

According to her mother, the child Memoona Habibullah had a history of vomiting and diarrhea since days.

On July 20, the parents noticed weakness in both lower limbs that worsened to an extent that child was not able to stand.

On July 23 during case response in Hyderabad, a polio team notified the child with both of the lower limbs effected as an AFP case.

It may be noted that the child had received no routine immunization and was low on immunity.

The other case that came afloat was of a resident of Chungi Lal, District Hyderabad...

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Source: https://www.urdupoint.com/en/pakistan/5-new-polio-cases-confirmed-in-country-3-fro-697293.html

5 New Polio Cases Confirmed In Country, 3 From KP: NEOC
Zeeshan Aziz (@imziishan) 2 minutes ago Sun 25th August 2019 | 08:20 PM

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th Aug, 2019 ) :The National Emergence Operation Centre (NEOC) on Polio Sunday confirmed five new polio cases across the country, including three from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

According to an NEOC official, one each case was reported from Bannu, Waziristan and Hangu in KP, and two from Hyderabad, Sindh.

He said with addition of five new cases, the figure of confirmed polio cases reached 58 for the current year, out of which 44 were from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including 32 from Bannu division.

The official said the polio virus situation in the KP was alarming and the government had planned to start polio immunization drive in 26 districts of the province from Monday.

He said the cause behind having polio virus in Bannu was refusal of polio vaccination to their children by parents. After confirmation of polio virus, the parents accepted that they had refused the vaccination for their children on wrong propaganda, he added.

The official said the extensive environmental surveillance established by the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme had detected the poliovirus from sewage of 10 cities during last month...

 

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


Two more polio cases reported in Balochistan, KP
Web Desk On Sep 4, 2019 Last updated Sep 4, 2019
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ISLAMABAD: Two more cases of polio have been reported from Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), ARY News reported on Wednesday.

According to the health department, with the latest inclusion of two more cases of this crippling disease, the number has jumped to 60, this year.

A seventeen-month-old kid was found affected by polio in Qila Abdullah, Balochistan, said the health department officials and added that parents had refused to administer their child anti-polio drops during the drive.

The second case was reported in Lakhi Marwat, where a five months old girl was diagnosed with polio...

 

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Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1507919/tally-rises-to-69-as-three-more-polio-cases-reported

Tally rises to 69 as three more polio cases reported
Hasan Mansoor | Ikram JunaidiUpdated September 29, 2019

ISLAMABAD / KARACHI: Three more cases of polio have been reported in the country — two in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one in Sindh — taking the total number of such cases to 69.

An official at the Polio Virology Laboratory of the National Institute of Health (NIH) said on Saturday the cases of Khyber Pakhtun?khwa were reported in Lakki Marwat and Bannu. The case of Sindh was reported in Jamshoro.

He said that in Lakki Marwat district an 18-month-old girl had been paralysed due to the virus. The girl lives in the Zindhe Falak Sher village, in Serai Naurang tehsil.

During investigations it was revealed that she had never been administered polio drops, the official added.

The victim from Bannu — a two-year-old girl hailing from the Zalol Khel village of Wazir tehsil — had been vaccinated against the crippling disease just once...

 

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Source: https://dailytimes.com.pk/479285/three-more-polio-cases-surface-as-tally-reaches-72/

Three more polio cases surface as tally reaches 72
Agencies
October 6, 2019

Eradication of polio virus in the country seems a distant dream as three more polio cases surfaced on Saturday, taking the tally to 72 this year country.

One case has been reported from Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa each.

A 17-month old child, resident of Orangi Town’s Union Council (UC-2), was diagnosed with the crippling disease.

She is the eighth polio victim in Sindh, according to the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) for Polio. The total number of crippling disease cases in the city has reached four...

 

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Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1511946/2...arwat-1-in-harnai-bring-total-to-76-this-year

2 new polio cases in Lakki Marwat, 1 in Harnai bring total to 76 this year
Sirajuddin Updated October 20, 2019

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Lakki Marwat district on Sunday reported two new cases of polio and Balochistan's Harnai district reported one, bringing the country's total this year to 76.

The two victims from Lakki Marwat — a seven-year-old girl and a 21-month-old boy — are residents of the Sarai Naurang tehsil, a report released by the Emergency Operation Centre said.

According to the EOC, both affected children had not been administered the polio vaccine.

Examine | Polio: What's behind the refusals?

The presence of a polio virus in their systems was confirmed via a stool test. The total number of cases across the province now number 56...

 

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

Another polio case emerges in Sindh, tally up to 80
Web Desk On Oct 30, 2019

KARACHI: Eradication of poliovirus in the country seems a distant dream as another polio case surfaced on Wednesday, taking the tally of such cases across the country to 80 this year, ARY News reported.

According to the Health Ministry, the polio case was reported from the Sujawal area of Sindh.

A 36-month old child Aman, resident of Sujawal, was diagnosed with the crippling disease. The authorities said the minor was not vaccinated against the virus...