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December 24, 2024

News Desk

Another child diagnosed with polio bringing the national tally to 65

A representational image showing a health worker administering polio vaccine drops to a child. — AFP/File A one-and-a-half-year-old child was diagnosed with the virus in Killa Abdullah. Balochistan reports the most cases of polio virus with a tally of 27. Sindh has emerged as the second worst affected province with 18 cases. ISLAMABAD: The toll of the polio virus in Pakistan has reached 65 after one more child was diagnosed with the polio virus this year. Officials say a one-and-a-half-year-old child has been infected in Balochistan’s Killa Abdullah district, bringing the province’s cases to 27 – the highest among the

December 18, 2024

News Desk

Pakistan polio death toll rises to 64 after new case reported in Sindh

A health worker administers polio drops to a child during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in Karachi on August 7, 2023. — AFP Pakistan reported another case of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in Sindh district of Jakobambad, taking the total number of cases in the country to 64, health authorities said on Wednesday. The new case reported in the district is the fourth of the year, taking Sindh’s tally to 18. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa polio cases also amount to 18 to 26 children being affected in Balochistan. Islamabad and Punjab have each reported one case so far this year. Pakistan’s polio

December 16, 2024

News Desk

Last Nationwide Polio Eradication Action of 2024 Begins Today in Pakistan

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif administers polio drops to a child during the launch ceremony of the latest 2024 anti-polio campaign in Islamabad on December 15, 2024. —PPI 0.4 million polio workers will be deployed in the country’s 143 districts. 609 teams to manage 0.14 million childhood polio drops in B. Waziristan. Parents “urged” to vaccinate their children against the crippling disease. A week-long national polio campaign was officially launched today (Monday) with the aim of vaccinating about 44,000,000 children across the country against the crippling disease, after the annual polio case tally reached 63. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday

December 15, 2024

News Desk

Prime Minister launches last polio campaign of 2024 as country’s toll reaches 63

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses the launch ceremony of the last polio campaign of 2024 on December 15, 2024. — PID The polio drive will be held from December 16 to 22. The Prime Minister urges parents to ensure their children are vaccinated. About 44 million children will be vaccinated: PM coordinator. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday launched the latest anti-polio campaign of 2024, which is set to begin on Monday (tomorrow) in 143 districts of the country after the number of polio cases reached 63 this year. The Prime Minister officially launched the vaccination campaign by administering drops

December 13, 2024

News Desk

Punjab on high alert amid looming threat of polio virus transmission

A health worker administers polio drops to a child at Nori Gate in Sargodha on February 27, 2024. — APP Punjab EOC official urges districts to conduct “high quality” campaign. More than 200,000 workers will be deployed for the nationwide initiative. Four of the 16 “contaminated areas” in Punjab were identified as priority areas. LAHORE: Punjab’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) on Thursday sounded the alarm over the risk of local circulation of polio in the region, urging districts to conduct a “high-quality” vaccination campaign, which is set to begin on December 16. These instructions came as EOC coordinator Adeel Tasawar

December 11, 2024

News Desk

60% of affected children missed polio vaccines: official

A health worker administers polio drops to a child during a door-to-door polio vaccination campaign on the outskirts of Peshawar on October 5, 2024. — AFP The Prime Minister’s Coordinator for Health Services, Dr. Malik Mukhtar Ahmed Barath, has expressed concern over the lack of polio vaccinations being administered to children across the country this year despite intensifying campaign efforts. He sounded the alarm as he pointed out that 60% of children in this year’s polio cases did not receive any routine immunization shots. “The severity of the disease in children was also seen due to lack of vaccination,” Bharath

November 27, 2024

News Desk

Another polio case in KP stands at 56 this year

A health worker, accompanied by a police officer, administers polio vaccines to a child during a vaccination campaign in Peshawar. — AFP/File A 27-month-old child was diagnosed with a virus. Another case was reported to DI Khan of KP. The new case brings KP’s total toll to 15. Pakistan has reported a new case of the polio virus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan, bringing the total number of cases this year to 56, the health ministry said on Wednesday. A 27-month-old child was diagnosed with polio virus in Drazanda tehsil of DI Khan. A total of seven children have

November 24, 2024

News Desk

Pakistan polio death toll rises to 55 as 3 more children diagnosed with crippling disease

A boy receives polio vaccine drops during a vaccination campaign in a low-income neighborhood in Karachi. — Reuters/File One case of polio was reported from Zhob and Jaffarabad districts each. Another child contracted the virus in KP taking the provincial toll to 14. Polio surveillance board calls for intensive routine vaccination. In an alarming development, the toll of the polio virus in Pakistan has risen to 55 after three more children were diagnosed with the crippling disease, sources said. Geo News on Sunday. According to details, two new cases of polio have been reported in Balochistan, while a child has

November 22, 2024

News Desk

Polio cripples two more children, taking Pakistan’s annual toll to 52

A female health worker administering polio falls on a child during the 7-day Pakistan Polio Eradication Program 2024 in the provincial capital on September 9, 2024. — APP Health authorities confirm the latest diagnoses in KP. Polio was detected in an 18-month-old boy and a 3-year-old girl. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s annual tally rises on 13 occasions. ISLAMABAD: As the polio virus continues to plague Pakistan, two more cases of the crippling disease have been reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), taking the total number of affected children in the country this year to 52. Health authorities confirmed the latest diagnoses, saying the

November 8, 2024

News Desk

Another case of polio was reported in Sindh, taking the national toll to 47

A girl receives polio vaccine drops, during an anti-polio campaign, in a low-income neighborhood in Karachi, July 20, 2020. — Reuters After the latest outbreak, Sindh’s polio case tally stands at 13. Wild poliovirus detected in male child from Ghotki. Genetic sequencing of samples in progress. Amid an alarming spread of the polio virus, another case of the highly contagious disease was reported in Sindh’s Ghotki district, bringing the national toll for the year to 47, the Pakistan Polio Eradication Program announced on Friday. “The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institutes of Health has confirmed the

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