[DAWN] A family in Korangi was informed on Thursday that two minor siblings were suffering from polio...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set...
, though the family had the brothers inoculated more than once during routine campaigns, officials said.
With two more polio cases in the city, the provincial government received confirmation of four polio cases within two days -- three from Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
and one from Dadu. The provincial tally has now reached 23.
The officials said Ajmal Khan, a labourer from the Pakhtun community, residing in Union Council 3 of Ittehad Town brought his three-year-old son Umair on Sept 27 to doctors with polio symptoms.
On Oct 1, he reported to authorities with 12-month-old Kashif in the similar condition, officials added.
"Their excreta samples were sent to the National Institute of Health in Islamabad and today we were informed that both siblings are afflicted with poliovirus," said Dr Mazhar Khamisani, director of the expanded programme on immunisation of Sindh, while speaking to Dawn.
In the confirmation report, both legs of the two siblings were stated to have been hit by polio.
"It is the first time we have seen two children of a same family falling victim to polio."
Official records showed that Umair had been vaccinated thrice and young Kashif immunised twice in previous anti-polio campaigns.
"One reason could be the lack of immunity in their bodies for any reason that did not support the vaccine's efficacy," said an expert.
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Dr Khamisani said the health authorities would investigate the matter.