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Pakistan polio vaccination drive to target 13.5 million children

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The third Sub-National Immunization Days (SNIDs) campaign of the year 2022 launched to vaccinate 13.5 million children under-five years old children in 36 districts in Pakistan. The...

Indonesia reports polio case in Aceh Province

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Indonesian Ministry of Health (Kementerian Kesehatan) reported a case of type 2 polio (circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDP2) found in a child from Pidie District,...

Pakistan reports 20th wild polio case, 17th in North Waziristan

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A 10-month child from union council Ghulam Khan in North Waziristan has died after being confirmed with wild polio. The National Institute of Health reported on Wednesday that the...

Polio strikes another child in Pakistan, First from South Waziristan

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Another child in southern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has been paralyzed by wild poliovirus. The six-month-old boy belongs to South Waziristan and had onset of paralysis on 22nd August,...

Algeria polio: The first cVDPV2 case identified

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the World Health Organization: On 8 July 2022, WHO was notified of a case of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP)...

Pakistan reports 18th polio case

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A child aged three months has been paralyzed by wild poliovirus in North Waziristan, in the 18th case from Pakistan this year. The child suffering from polio-induced disabilities...

New York polio: Governor Kathy Hochul declares a State Disaster Emergency

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Today, because of a poliovirus case reported in Rockland County in July and genetically related polioviruses being detected in wastewater samples collected in Orange, Rockland, and...

Pakistan reports two more children with polio, Total cases now 17

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Two more children have been paralyzed by the wild poliovirus in southern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The affected children include a 16-year-old boy from Lakki Marwat and a two-year-old...

Polio case reported in Pakistan, the 15th case of the year

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A 17-month boy in North Waziristan has been paralyzed by wild polio in the 14th case from the district this year, the 15th case in the country. The child suffering from polio-induced...

Pakistan commences third nationwide polio campaign of the year

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif inaugurated the third nationwide polio campaign of the year at the PM House, assuring the nation that the Government is taking all possible measures...