Two more polio cases surface in Sindh

Total number of registered polio cases in Sindh increases to 22

KARACHI: Sindh Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) confirmed on Saturday the emergence of two new polio cases in the province.

Of the two cases, one has been reported from Mirpurkhas District and the other from Qambar-Shahdadkot District.

A 48-month-old girl from Sindhri, in Union Council Goro Sharif, Mirpurkhas District, tested positive for the disease after the virus affected her right upper limb and both lower limbs. According to the minor girl's parents, she was administered a polio vaccine during the recently concluded campaign, however, she had not been vaccinated under the routine immunisation programme.

Another 24-month-old girl from Warah in Qamabar-Shahdadkot District was afflicted with the crippling disease, which affected her right lower limb. Her parents claimed that she had been administered polio vaccine seven times on different occasions.

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According to health authorities, the two minors contracted the virus in 2019, increasing the total number of registered polio cases in Sindh to 22.

Earlier this week, health authorities had confirmed on Thursday that a five-month-old girl from Dadu was found to be afflicted by the disease.

As many as 128 polio cases were registered in Pakistan last year.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 5^th, 2020.