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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan Health departments reported one case of polio in each province on Wednesday.
Balochistan’s health department confirmed that a two-year-old had been diagnosed with the poliovirus. The emergence of the case has taken the provincial toll of cases to five...
Two new polio cases reported from two KP districts
Bureau report
March 13, 2020
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday reported two more polio cases, rising the number of polio cases to 15 in the province in the year 2020. According to government officials, the latest two polio cases were reported from Bhittani tehsil of Lakki Marwat district and Shakai tehsil of South Waziristan tribal district...
Seventh polio case surfaces in KP
By RECORDER REPORT on March 15, 2020
A new case of polio case been confirmed in a 3-year-old girl of tribal district Khyber in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa here Saturday. The girl, who was diagnosed with the poliovirus, was previously administered polio vaccine during the anti-polio campaign.
This is the seventh polio case reported in Khyber district and 16th in the entire province. The overall tally of polio cases across the country reaches 29.
On March 12, two more polio cases were detected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, raising the total tally of cases across the country to 29...
Three more polio cases surface in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Web Desk On Mar 29, 2020
PESHAWAR: Three new polio cases have surfaced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Sunday, raising the tally of such patients in the province to 18 during the current month, ARY News reported.
According to KP Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) for Polio Eradication, the polio cases were reported in Lakki Marwat, Tank district and Karak.
A spokesperson for the EOC said that the children infected with the crippling disease were not administered the anti-polio vaccine...
Two new cases of polio virus reported in KP
by Staff Report , (Last Updated 5 hours ago)
PESHAWAR: Two fresh cases of polio Type-2 were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Monday.
According to the polio Emergency Operation Centre (EOC), the cases emerged from Peshawar and South Waziristan, raising the provincial tally of Type-2 cases to 38 for the current year.
“The number of children infected with Type-2 polio has risen to 42 across the country,” the EOC said...
Polio case reported from Balochistan
Saleem ShahidMay 03, 2020
QUETTA: A four-year-old girl has tested positive for poliovirus in Usta Mohammad Tehsil of Jaffarabad district in Balochistan, health officials said on Saturday.
The number of polio cases in Balochistan has reached seven and 42 across the country this year.
According to health officials, the girl had not been administered polio vaccine as the parents refused to allow giving polio drops to their daughter...
Our Correspondent
May 24, 2020
Polio case detected in DG Khan
LAHORE: This year’s second case of wild poliovirus (WPV1) in Punjab has been confirmed in Dera Ghazi Khan district, which raised the toll to 49 in the country. The first case of Punjab was also detected in DG Khan.
“A male child from DG Khan’s Tehsil Taunsa Sharif and Union Council Mangrotha, aged 36 months, has been diagnosed with polio,” the Punjab Polio Programme confirmed on Saturday. The spokesman of the Punjab Polio Programme confirmed the case and said the programme is in the process of verifying vaccination history of the child...
Polio case reported in Pishin
Saleem ShahidUpdated June 16, 2020
QUETTA: A new polio case was reported in Pishin district of Balochistan by local health authorities on Monday.
Thus far, 12 polio cases have been reported this year in the province.
According to health department officials, the poliovirus was confirmed in a two-year-old baby girl whose samples had been taken on May 29 and May 31...
Upper Dir reports polio case after eight years
Our Correspondent
June 18, 2020
DIR: A polio case was reported from Upper Dir district after eight years as a 17-month boy was diagnosed with the crippling disease in the remote Doon Seri area in Kohistan valley, health officials said on Wednesday.
They said the boy was brought to the District Headquarters Hospital in Dir town in April and his stool was sent to the National Institute of Health in Islamabad for test. The Expended Programme on Immunization (EPI) district coordinator Dr Rahatullah confirmed the polio case and said the boy identified as Murad, son of Rahim Shah, had been diagnosed with the polio virus Type-II...
M. Waqar Bhatti
July 7, 2020
Five-year-old boy becomes year’s first polio victim in Karachi
The Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) in Pakistan Monday reported the first polio case of the current year in Karachi, saying a five-year old boy has been crippled by Wild Polio Virus 1 (WPV1) in Muzaffarabad Colony, Landhi, in District Malir.
With the new polio case, the number of polio cases in Sindh has jumped to 19 and 57 in Pakistan. “Five-year-old Muhammad Hasnain, son of Muhammad Ibrahim, a resident of Muzaffarabad Colony, Landhi, in District Malir, has been crippled by Wild Polio Virus 1 (WPV1)....
M. Waqar Bhatti
July 11, 2020
Another child crippled by polio virus in Sindh
Karachi: Polio Eradication Initiative Friday said one more child has been crippled by the Wild Polio Virus 1 (WPV1) in Tehsil Dokri, District Larkana of Sindh, raising the total confirmed polio cases in Sindh to 20 and 58 in entire Pakistan.
“An 82-months old girl, Badshah Zadi d/o Gulab Sargani has been crippled by the polio virus in Tehsil Dokri in Larkana district of Sindh. Now the total number of children affected with polio has reached at 20 in Sindh and 58 in the entire country”, an official of the Emergency Operation Center (EOC) Sindh said...
Our Correspondent
July 15, 2020
Polio paralyses child in Lahore
LAHORE: The polio virus has affected a child in Lahore, a Punjab Polio Eradication Programme spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday.
“The virus has paralysed all four limbs of the 26-month-old child,” said the spokesperson. “The child suffered paralysis in June. Subsequently, his stool samples were sent to the national laboratory which confirmed on Tuesday that the child is affected with polio,” said the spokesperson.
“The child later died in the Children Hospital. The cause of death is being determined,” added the spokesperson. Polio campaigns remain suspended in the province since March due to the corona pandemic. Over 30 million children remain without the critical oral polio vaccine which is required to save children from disability...
Polio Case Reported From Sufaid Dheri
Mohammad Ali 9 hours ago Thu 30th July 2020 | 05:30 PM
PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 30th Jul, 2020 ) :A four-year-old child has been reported as victim of polio virus here Thursday taking the total cases of polio virus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to 22 in year 2020.
According to Emergency Operation Center this was the first polio case in four years in Peshawar as the last case was reported in 2016...
Polio case reported in Balochistan
The Newspaper's Staff ReporterUpdated 10 Aug 2020
ISLAMABAD: A case of polio has been reported in Balochistan, which has taken the countrywide tally of such cases detected during the current year to 64.
According to an official of the National Institute of Health, the latest victim is a 20-month-old boy. His family lives in Union Council Mian Ghundi of Quetta district.
“Both the child’s lower limbs have been paralysed. He did not receive any polio vaccine as his family was against vaccination. Socio-economic status of the family has been termed poor,” he said...
Polio in Pakistan could get significantly worse this year even as the world is celebrating eradication of the virus from Africa, according to independent experts monitoring the worldwide vaccination campaign.
Modelling suggests the country could suffer hundreds of cases in 2020, and the crippling virus is now claiming victims in areas once considered clear of the scourge.
