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Poliovirus detected in 18-month-old girl from KP |
2025-06-28 |
[GEO.TV] Pakistain has reported its 13th polio![]() case of 2025, after the Regional Reference Laboratory at the NIH confirmed the virus in an 18-month-old girl from Union Council Amakhel, District Tank in South Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. This is the seventh case from the province this year, raising renewed alarm over persistent virus circulation in high-risk areas. So far, four cases have been reported from Sindh, and one each from Punjab ...1. Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2. A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3. A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots .... and Gilgit-Baltistan. The Regional Reference Laboratory at NIH Islamabad confirmed a case of wild poliovirus in a 33-month-old boy from KP's Bannu district on Sunday. Last week, the Pakistain Polio Eradication Programme reported that poliovirus was detected in environmental samples taken from seven different districts in the country. The programme said virus was found in environmental samples from Quetta, Gwadar, South Wazoo (lower) and South Waziristan (upper). Furthermore, environmental samples taken from Larkana, Rawalpindi and Mirpurkhas also contained poliovirus. Related: Polio 06/10/2025 Pakistan locked 20 Indian jets but chose to down only six: Bilawal Polio 06/05/2025 Gilgit-Baltistan reports first case of poliovirus in toddler Polio 05/27/2025 Pakistan Security Forces kill 9 TTP militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa operations |
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