Seventh polio case surfaces in Karachi
Official says family had refused polio vaccination for the child
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KARACHI:
Despite aggressive campaign against the crippling disease, a fresh poliovirus case surfaced in Karachi on Tuesday, taking the total to seven in the city, and 12 in the entire Sindh province, health officials said on Tuesday.
Seventeen-month-old son of Hukam Khan, who has contracted the virus, is a resident of the Gulshan-e-Noor area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal town.
Crippling virus: Second polio case surfaces in Karachi
Officials say the family is Pashto-speaking, and the child was never vaccinated.
Another official added the family had refused the vaccination, and is the only such case in the city.
Despite aggressive campaign against the crippling disease, a fresh poliovirus case surfaced in Karachi on Tuesday, taking the total to seven in the city, and 12 in the entire Sindh province, health officials said on Tuesday.
Seventeen-month-old son of Hukam Khan, who has contracted the virus, is a resident of the Gulshan-e-Noor area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal town.
Crippling virus: Second polio case surfaces in Karachi
Officials say the family is Pashto-speaking, and the child was never vaccinated.
Another official added the family had refused the vaccination, and is the only such case in the city.