Pakistan reports fourth polio case of year
The Hindu
The case was reported on Saturday as the government appointed a new head of the polio eradication programme after his predecessor stepped down during the week.
Pakistan has reported the fourth polio case of the year, jolting the country's efforts to eradicate the crippling disease.
The case was reported on Saturday as the government appointed a new head of the polio eradication programme after his predecessor stepped down during the week.
The Dawn newspaper reported having a document showing that the victim was a 30-month-old child hailing from the Lakhi region of the Shikarpur district of the Sindh province.
The child was taken to a hospital after he suddenly developed weakness in both lower limbs and could not hold his neck up, according to the report.
This case was the first to be reported from the Sindh province, as the previous three victims belonged to Balochistan.
According to the National Institute of Health in Islamabad, the newest case was also of the Type-1 Wild Poliovirus (WPV1), just like the previous three cases.
The Prime Minister’s coordinator on National Health Services, Dr. Malik Mukhtar Bharat, said teams have been deployed to conduct a full case investigation.
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