Virus spreads: Five children in FATA test positive for polio
Total count rises to 127 this year
PESHAWAR:
Five new wild poliovirus type-1 cases were detected in the Federally Administered Tribal Area on Thursday, raising the total polio count to 127 this year, the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Islamabad confirmed.
According to the NIH, the first polio victim from Thursday’s cases is Hamza, aged 18 months and a resident of Argali Nadi village in Bara tehsil, Khyber Agency. The second child, aged 19 months, is Ibrahim, a resident of Gora Adhera village, Jamrud tehsil in Khyber Agency. The third victim is Bilal, aged 13 months, a resident of Khajoori Mir Khel Adda village in Bara tehsil, Khyber agency.
The fourth case is Khizar Hayat, aged 1 year, a resident of Kalang village, also in Bara tehsil. The last reported case is Adia, aged 2 years and 9 months, a resident of Kalutai village in Birmal tehsil, South Waziristan Agency. This year, 94 cases have been reported from Fata, 20 from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 11 from Sindh and one each from Balochistan and Punjab.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 5th, 2014.
Five new wild poliovirus type-1 cases were detected in the Federally Administered Tribal Area on Thursday, raising the total polio count to 127 this year, the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Islamabad confirmed.
According to the NIH, the first polio victim from Thursday’s cases is Hamza, aged 18 months and a resident of Argali Nadi village in Bara tehsil, Khyber Agency. The second child, aged 19 months, is Ibrahim, a resident of Gora Adhera village, Jamrud tehsil in Khyber Agency. The third victim is Bilal, aged 13 months, a resident of Khajoori Mir Khel Adda village in Bara tehsil, Khyber agency.
The fourth case is Khizar Hayat, aged 1 year, a resident of Kalang village, also in Bara tehsil. The last reported case is Adia, aged 2 years and 9 months, a resident of Kalutai village in Birmal tehsil, South Waziristan Agency. This year, 94 cases have been reported from Fata, 20 from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 11 from Sindh and one each from Balochistan and Punjab.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 5th, 2014.