ISLAMABAD: The first polio case of the year 2019 has been reported fromBajour district on Saturday, according to Focal Person to Prime MinisterImran Khan on Polio Eradication Babar Atta.
“Sad News: The ongoing active virus circulation in Bajour Tribal Districthas paralysed yet another child as Pakistan reports its 1st polio case of2019 from Khar. The child is 11 months old. Bajour has now reported 6 poliocases alone during the last 3 months,” he tweeted.
“This also justifies the action I took last week during my visit to BajourAgency by removing 7 Polio officers for showing negligence towards theirduties. Bajour, like many other districts did nothing the whole year2017/18 but celebrate that they had “zero” polio case.”
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In another tweet, he said, “Same goes for Lahore and now Faisalabad aswell.Both cities have active poliovirus circulation in the sewage but since thelast many years they are in “Celebration” mode. My next target will be togive a wake up call to administration of Rawalpindi, Lahore & Faisalabad.”
