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Six new cases of wild polio virus detected across country bringing 2019 tally to 134 |
2020-01-10 |
[DAWN] Six new polio![]() virus cases have emerged from different parts of Pakistain, increasing the overall tally for 2019 to 134. According to statistics shared by the Regional Reference Laboratory (RRL) for polio eradication, two cases have emerged from Dera Ghazi Khan and one each from Lakki Marwat, Dera Ismail Khan ... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ... , Jamshoro and Kambar. The two cases found in Dera Ghazi Khan include female infants ‐ aged six months and 12 months. In Dera Ismail Khan, the virus was detected in a two-year-old boy; in Lakki Marwat, a nine-month-old female tested positive. In Kambar, a three-year-old boy, while in Jamshoro a 12-year-old boy was infected. These cases fall in last year's tally based on the date of detection of the virus in the children. Pakistain is one of only three countries where the crippling virus is endemic. The other two countries are Nigeria and Afghanistan. Related: Polio virus: 2019-12-16 Democrats aim to abolish right-to-work laws Polio virus: 2019-10-26 19 Recent Cases of Polio in Afghanistan: Health Officials Polio virus: 2019-10-16 Council of Islamic Ideology ratifies 100 fatwas in support of polio vaccination Related: Dera Ghazi Khan: 2019-07-27 Chotu gang leaders get 298-year jail term Dera Ghazi Khan: 2019-04-26 Dera Ghazi Khan police arrest suspected rapist, murderer of minor girl Dera Ghazi Khan: 2019-03-19 3 injured as IED blast targets police van in DI Khan Related: Lakki Marwat: 2019-12-31 Polio mess Lakki Marwat: 2019-12-25 LHC full bench formed to hear convicted Musharraf's petition against treason trial Lakki Marwat: 2019-12-24 Indian Muslims wave national flag to show protest is not anti-India Related: Dera Ismail Khan: 2020-01-03 6 polio cases emerge on second day of new year Dera Ismail Khan: 2019-11-06 2 FC personnel martyred, as many injured in gun attack on FC vehicle in DI Khan Dera Ismail Khan: 2019-10-26 Police officials summoned in DI Khan girl stripping case |
Posted by:Fred |
#5 Frank, if I said that my wife would say "Go to your room." I snorted |
Posted by: AlanC 2020-01-10 08:43 |
#4 At least the mullahs say their peepees won't fall off. OTOH, they are too paralyzed to make any use of it. |
Posted by: Gomez Ominter3435 2020-01-10 07:56 |
#3 part of their Cultureâ„¢, so to speak |
Posted by: Frank G 2020-01-10 05:57 |
#2 They have domesticated polio virus in Pakistan? |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB 2020-01-10 03:49 |
#1 Oh, thought it was Marin County & Santa Barbara. (Anti-Vaxxer Central.) |
Posted by: Lex 2020-01-10 00:50 |