QUETTA: An 18-month-old girl has been diagnosed with polio on Tuesday making it the second such case this year. Both the cases have been found in the Duki district of Balochistan.
According to media reports, a health department official in Balochistan confirmed the new case and said Farzana, daughter of Noor Mohammad, was diagnosed with polio.
Earlier, in April, a three-year-old boy, Safdar Baloch, was found to be inflicted with the virus in a village of the same district, it was reported.
This year two polio cases have been detected in the country, both of them in Balochistan. Last year a total of eight cases were identified across the country.
