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Tally rises to 72 as two more polio cases surface
[DAWN] Two more cases 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. Currently the disease is only found in Pakistain and Afghanistain...have been reported in the country ‐ one in Sindh and the other in Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... ‐ taking the total number of such cases this year to 72. The emergency operation centre for polio in Sindh on Saturday confirmed that a polio case had been reported from the Orangi neighbourhood of the teeming metropolis. They said a 17-month-old girl had become the fourth polio victim 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... this year. The remaining four victims in the province included two from Hyderabad and one each from Jamshoro and Larkana districts. Sindh had recorded only one case last year, officials said. "Countrywide, 72 polio cases have been reported this year, out of which 53 cases are from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, eight from Sindh, six from Balochistan and five from Punjab," said an official. The child in the city’s western Orangi neighbourhood, said an official, "developed a fever and slight weakness in the right leg upon which she was taken to doctors where the case was classified as AFP (acute flaccid paralysis) following which she was tested for polio. However, those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... her right limb senses remain intact with 4/5 power". The EOC officials confirmed the child had only received the BCG vaccine in routine immunisation and it was being investigated how many campaign doses of OPV were administered. They said they had planned "aggressive campaigns" from next month to June 2020, "aiming to eradicate polio from the environment". The EOC and medical bodies such as the Pakistain Paediatric Association strongly recommended parents to cooperate with polio teams. Another case of polio has been reported from Jaffarabad district of Balochistan, taking the total number of such cases in the province to six. The officials of Balochistan Health Department said that a 15-month-old boy from Jaffarabad had been paralysed due to the virus. Related: Polio: 2019-10-04 Police detain barbers in Charsadda for 'violating ban' against styling of beards Polio: 2019-10-03 Arrested HujiB leader met Osama bin Laden Polio: 2019-09-28 Elderly widower duped into marrying transwoman Related: Sindh: 2019-10-01 50 women, 28 men fall victim to karo-kari across Sindh in six months Sindh: 2019-09-28 Muslim leaders call for polygamy to be legalised in Russia Sindh: 2019-09-23 'So-called friends of Karachi' choked sewers to disrupt cleanliness drive, says CM Shah Related: Balochistan: 2019-10-04 Airstrikes kill 18 Taliban militants in 6 provinces, destroy stolen Humvee Balochistan: 2019-10-04 Special Forces kill, detain 9 Taliban militants; destroy caches of weapons in 3 provinces Balochistan: 2019-10-04 Airstrikes kill 11 Taliban and ISIS militants; destroy 3 car bombs in 4 provinces Posted by: Fred 2019-10-07 |
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