The official statement says that with emergence of this new case the total number of polio cases has reached 67 in Pakistan during the year 2014 (as compared to 13 in 2013 for the same time period). PHOTO: FILE
The Polio virology laboratory (NIH) has confirmed the presence of P1 strain of the poliovirus in one more child of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas from FR Bannu, said a statement released by Prime Minister Polio Cell on Friday.
The laboratory test diagnosed Malalai, daughter of Rasul Zaman, a seven-month- old girl, resident of Jani Khel, FR Bannu as a victim of polio type1 disease, it stated, adding that the girl had received no dose of the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV).
The official statement says that with emergence of this new case the total number of polio cases has reached 67 in Pakistan during the year 2014 (as compared to 13 in 2013 for the same time period).
95% (62 out of 67) polio cases this year have been reported from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa & Fata together; of which 74% (49 out of 67) are from North and South Waziristan agencies, 41 of which are from North Waziristan Agency, four are from South Waziristan Agency, two from Khyber Agency and the same number from Frontier Region Bannu. In K-P five cases were reported from Bannu and four from district Peshawar.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 24th, 2014.
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