PESHAWAR: Another wild-type-1 polio case from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) was confirmed on Monday, raising the total number of polio cases reported this year to 207.
The National Institute of Health (NIH) in Islamabad has also confirmed the new polio case.
The latest polio victim was identified as three months old male child from Union Council Barham Khel of village Teri Khel, District Lakki Marwat in K-P.
With the latest confirmation, the total number of polio cases in Pakistan has risen to 207 in this year.
Out of total 207 cases, 136 cases have been reported from Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA), 43 from K-P, 19 from Sindh, three from Punjab and six from Balochistan.
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Healthcare is now provincial subject and would KPK govt ever get out of their agitation and do their primary job for which people have voted for them? It is sad but if they would have spent even a fraction of time, money and resources against Polio as they have wasted in Islamabad for power grab. They have a chance to make KPK an exemplary province and prove that they can make a positive difference.
This was expected. What can one do when the whole of FATA comes to live in KPK.