A fresh case of polio was found in Balochistan’s Killa Abdullah district on Thursday, taking the total number of such cases reported from across the country to 102 since January.
According to United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) sources, the crippling virus was found in a 18-month-old girl in Union Council Maizai of district Killa Abdullah.
“Doctors have confirmed [the] polio virus,” the sources said, adding that the latest case of polio virus was reported after two-and-a-half years in Balochistan.
“The girl’s family had lived in Karachi for four years,” the sources said, adding that the family had arrived in Balochstan’s Killa Abdullah district this year.
Recovery of polio virus in Quetta in June prompted the Balochistan government to launch an emergency anti polio campaign in polio-risk districts.
In 2011, 22 polio cases were reported from Killa Abdullah out of total 73 from all-over Balochistan. “That was [the] worst year for Balochistan,” said Balochistan Health Minister Rehmat Baloch. He, however, said that his department was determined to eradicate the virus from the province.
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