Pakistan’s polio crisis persists as NIH reports 73rd case of 2024
A boy receiving a polio vaccine falls during an anti-polio campaign in a low-income neighborhood as the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan July 20, 2020-Reuters In a development, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Thursday reported another case of polio disease in Pakistan, raising the total number of cases to 2024 to 73. The newest case was confirmed in Sindh’s Thatta today, marking the region’s first case, although samples for testing were collected last year. So far, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have confirmed 22 cases of each disease with Balochistan being the worst hit
