ISLAMABAD: The polio cases tally in 2019 mounted to six as two new cases were surfaced in Karachi and Khyber on Thursday.
In a tweet, Babar Atta, the focal person to Prime Minister Imran Khan, confirmed the new cases.
He said, “Two more polio cases have been detected from Khyber tribal district & Karachi after which the total number of polio cases surfaced during the ongoing year has reached to six. New cases is a symptom of the underlying problem. (Heavy Virus circulation in Sewage/Environment). On PowerPoint everything is a GREEN & on Ground a big Fat RED.”