Another polio case detected in Sujawal

HYDERABAD: An eight-year-old became the latest victim of the polio virus in a coastal village of Sujawal district, making it the fifth case of the crippling virus in the province this year.

Azeem Pathan, son of Abdul Rehman Pathan, is a native of a village in Khothi union council in Jati taluka.

Coordinator of the Emergency Operation Centre for Polio Fayaz Jatoi told The Express Tribune, “The child was given three doses of polio vaccine [at different times]. Unfortunately, he couldn’t develop immunity.”

Following the detection, Jatoi, Hyderabad Commissioner Qazi Shahi Pervez and other officials, along with a World Health Organisation team, visited Sujawal on Saturday. Jatoi said that they still have to identify the origin of the virus. He suggested that weak immunity or ineffective immunisation may be the cause.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 9^th, 2016.