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case of the year in Sindh has been confirmed in a two-year-old girl of a Pakhtun family that had migrated to Bloody Karachi
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eight months ago, officials said on Saturday.
The provincial health department received a report from the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, only a day ago that confirmed the virus in a 24-month-old girl who had received polio boosters in special campaigns, the officials added.
Muzaifa, daughter of Mohammad Sarwar, is a resident of Ittehad Colony, Baldia Town, which has already been categorised among the 'most sensitive' neighbourhoods by the government vis-Ã -vis polio immunisation.
The officials said the family had migrated eight months ago to Karachi from the country's troubled northwest which recorded close to 100 polio cases since January 2013.
"We had sent her stool samples to the NIH last month and received its report on Friday, confirming the poliovirus attack," said a senior health official.
Since January last year, the girl is the ninth victim from Karachi and third from its least covered Baldia neighbourhood, which, together with Gadap town, has been resisting polio vaccination drives.