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Pakistan's sixth case of poliovirus in 2019 detected in Khyber
[DAWN] Another case of 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...virus has cropped up in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, bringing the number of cases reported in the province in 2019 to three, the National National Emergency Operation Centre announced on Thursday. A one-year-old child has been diagnosed with polio in the Khyber district. According to Babar bin Atta, the prime minister's adviser on polio, the child had reportedly been administered polio drops regularly. The adviser said that a case of polio was also discovered in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... and the addition of these two new cases brings the number of polio cases up to six this fiscal year. Of the six, three cases have been detected in KP ‐ one in Khyber, one in Bajaur and one in Hangu. "Samples from the sewage lines of various cities show that the polio virus is present," Babar bin Atta said. According to the district health department, four polio cases were reported in November and December 2018, while one polio case was reported in January 2019. Posted by: Fred 2019-03-22 |
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