Pakistan reports polio case from KP; tally at seven

Pakistan reports polio case from KP; tally at seven

SLAMABAD: Amid the ongoing vaccination drive across the country against poliovirus, a new polio case was confirmed from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday. The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health confirmed the poliovirus case from Torghar district of KP. It was this year’s second case from the province and seventh case from across Pakistan. An official of polio programme said, “The second nationwi…

11-year-old boy partially paralysed by polio in KP

ISLAMABAD: Amid an ongoing nationwide polio immunization campaign, health authorities on Wednesday confirmed Pakistan’s 7th polio case of the year — an 11-year-old boy from the remote...