Virus scare: Polio case detected in Thatta

KARACHI: Another polio case was reported in Thatta on Monday, raising the number of reported cases in Sindh to 14. Immunistion programme manager Dr Mazhar Khamesani said six-year-old Zulekha Ishaq from Haji Bachal village had been diagnosed with polio. “She has already taken three routine doses in addition to seven extra doses of the anti-polio vaccine,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 5^th, 2011.