ISLAMABAD/MIRANSHAH
Three more polio cases were surfaced in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) on Monday after which the total tally of the patients has mounted to 43.
The National Institute of Health (NIH) said that three children from Miranshah, the tribal headquarters of NWA, were found affected with poliovirus.
Since January 1, 43 polio cases have been reported in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Most of the cases have been reported from the militancy-hit areas where anti-polio vaccination was restricted by the terrorists and children could not be administered vaccine.