[TOLONEWS] A new polio
.jpg "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. Currently the disease is only found in Pakistain and Afghanistain...
case has been reported in Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province, bringing the total number of positive cases to five in Afghanistan this year, all of them from Nangarhar.
An official within the Public Health Ministry told TOLOnews that this case was reported in the Dur Baba district of Nangarhar province.
TOLOnews contacted the affected child, Marwa, who is age six.
Marwa is from Goroko village of Dur-Baba district of Nangarhar.
According to family members, Marwa has been vaccinated but still got affected by polio.
"No one tells us anything. We have found out here that she is affected. They took the test here," said Awal Zar, father of Marwa.
The doctors said that the increase in the number of positive polio cases is due to the lack of awareness of the families.
"Unfortunately, again a positive case of polio has been recorded in Dur Baba district of Nangarhar... the main reasons for this are cultural issues," said Nadir Afghan, a doctor.
The residents of Nangarhar meanwhile called on the relevant organizations to take immediate actions to prevent further effects of the disease.
"The vaccination should be conducted soon in Afghanistan. This disease should be eliminated. Earlier, there was no such illness in Afghanistan before but it has increased now," said Allah Yar, a resident of Nangarhar.
"It has been five years since I had my vaccination. I have also conducted vaccination in this village very properly," said a resident of Nangarhar, who is also part of the vaccination effort.
Prior to this, one positive case was recorded in Behsood, one in Batikoot, one in Koot and another in Nazian district of Nangarhar province.
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