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18-month-old diagnosed with polio in Balochistan

July 5, 2017

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Polio vaccinators carry boxes of polio vaccine drops as they head to the areas they have been appointed to administer the vaccine, in Karachi October 21, 2014. Taliban militants have long been the scourge of Pakistan's polio vaccination campaign, attacking aid workers and the police who protect them as they distribute doses to children. But experts say there is another reason for the sharp spike in cases of the crippling disease in Pakistan this year - government mismanagement. Picture taken October 21, 2014. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: HEALTH DISASTER SOCIETY POLITICS) - RTR4BO8X

QUETTA: An 18-month child was diagnosed with polio in Balochistan, making him the very first polio case in 2017, according to the health department.

The child was diagnosed with the virus in the Chaman area of Qilla Abdullah.

The heath department also added that the parents of this child had refused to let the polio team administer the drops, leading to the child contracting the virus.