KARACHI – Three new polio cases have been reported in the country, healthofficials reveal.
The cases have been identified in Sindh’s Karachi, Balochistan’s Jafarabadand KPK’s Torghar.
One of the children has been identified as 16-month-old Hasheen, residentof Karachi. According to health officials, around seven new cases of polioare reported in Sindh with four from Karachi.
In this year alone, number of polio cases reported in Pakistan has reached72 with 8 from Sindh, 53 from KPK, 6 from Balochistan and 5 from Punjab.
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Pakistan is among three countries in the world, including Afghanistan andNigeria, which is still fighting to tackle polio virus.
The country also remains under a polio-linked travel restriction imposed bythe World Health Organization (WHO).
