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Islamabad Reports First Polio Case in 16 Years, Raising Pakistan's Total to 17

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Islamabad on Friday reported its first case of polio in 16 years, taking Pakistan’s tally to 17 this year. The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio at the National Institute of Health confirmed that the 17th polio case of 2024 is a child from Union Council Rural 4 in the federal capital who was paralyzed by type 1 (WPV1) of the virus. Environmental samples from Islamabad and the adjacent Rawalpindi district have tested positive for WPV1 since…
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