ISLAMABAD: Three new cases of poliovirus have been reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Balochistan and Sindh on Wednesday.
The officials of the health ministry said after the emerging of new polio cases the number increases of infected children to six this year.
The health officials confirmed that a 26-month-old child was detected to poliovirus in Jumo Agham union council of Sindh’s Ratodero. The health officials told the blood sample of the child had been taken on December 24 last year.
Another case was reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province where an 11-month-old child found infected with the disease in Tank district.
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Sources said the first case of poliovirus in Balochistan during 2020 was also included in the latest figure. A 20-month-old child also fell victim of the poliovirus in Sikandarabad union council of Balochistan’s Dera Murad Jamali. It emerged that the child had been administered anti-polio drops thrice. The sample of the child was taken on January 3 which confirmed the presence of the infection.
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on January 25, a polio case was detected in a 3.5-year-old child in village Yousuf Jatt of Union Council Kothi in Sujawal.
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