According to the district administration, the infected child’s samples were dispatched to the NIH a few days ago after symptoms of polio were reported during treatment at a tertiary care hospital in Abbottabad.
The family told the media that their child had fever for the last six months and that they could not afford better doctors as they were not that well off.
“The local medical officer has referred us to Abbottabad for further treatment,” they added.
The medical officer said initial check-up revealed that the child was suffering from acute facial paralysis disease.
“For further investigation, his samples were dispatched to the NIH, where polio virus has been confirmed in his report,” he added.
The immunisation record showed that the child had not even once been administered vaccine during the anti-polio campaign.
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