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Karachi reports second polio case in three months |
2017-12-07 |
[DAWN] A second polio![]() case within three months has emerged in the city, this time in a five-month-old baby, setting off alarm bells and exposing the fact that authorities in the metropolis have yet to eradicate the crippling disease, officials said on Tuesday. "The second case, too, involves an Afghan family. A five-month-old boy has fallen prey to the virus in UC-4 of Gadap," said a bigwig in the Sindh health ministry. Officials said the child had duly been administered with anti-polio drops during frequent campaigns. However, a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth... they blamed "low immunity" in the child’s body because of malnutrition that failed to save him. |
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