18-month-old resident of Gadap Town has never been immunised. PHOTO: FILE
According to initial details, the 18-month-old has never been immunised.
Gadap Town is one of those areas where the refusal rate for polio vaccination is very high.
Interestingly, government officials had recently claimed the area was becoming polio-free.
To date 60 polio cases have been reported in Pakistan. This includes 46 cases from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, nine from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and five from Sindh.
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