New polio case from FR Bannu takes countrywide total to 67

The seven-month-old victim was never immunised against the disease.

PESHAWAR: A new case of polio emerged from (FR) Bannu on Friday bringing the total number of countrywide affected children to 67, Express News reported. 

The seven-month-old victim hadn't been immunised against the disease. Of all the cases reported from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas this year, none of the children were administered the oral polio vaccine.

Pakistan is one of the three countries where polio is still endemic.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently slapped Pakistan with an embarrassing penalty, forcing would-be travellers from the country to obtain proof of inoculation against the disease.

The lawmakers – reacting to the global fallout of this domestic threat – had also passed a resolution calling for the implementation of polio immunisation programme (EPI).