Fourteen polio cases reported this year in Sindh

KARACHI: The number of polio cases reported in Sindh this year has gone up to 14 as the Emergency Operation Centre for Polio has confirmed a new case.

A nine-month-old boy, identified as Hasnain from Larkana, has contracted polio.

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According to EOC officials, the polio case surfaced in Larkana’s UC Karani on November 9.

According to his parents, the child received four doses of the Oral Polio Vaccine during a campaign and three doses during routine vaccination.

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Officials say the polio virus in the environment in Karachi and other parts of Sindh must be dealt with.