Tag: Polio
Polio virus discovery in sewage threatens Punjab’s polio-free status
The discovery of polio virus in sewage samples at outfall areas threatens Punjab's polio-free status, a local media outlet reported on Friday.
Health department officials...
Number of polio virus cases decreased in FATA as compared to...
The number of cases for poliovirus in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) during 2014 was as high as 179 and it corresponded to...
Polio vaccination workers held hostage, manhandled in Nowshera
NOWSHERA: Polio workers were held hostage and manhandled by locals in an attempt to disrupt the ongoing polio eradication campaign in Nowshera district.
In the first...
Pakistan’s new vaccination drive, ‘final push’ against polio
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani health official says authorities have launched a week-long anti-polio campaign touted as a 'final push' against the crippling disease.
Its aim is...
Poliovirus discovered in Lahore’s sewage
--Govt spokesperson refutes claim, says ‘virus was reported in July’
LAHORE: Samples of water collected from Lahore’s sewage have been discovered to be carrying poliovirus for...
Health officials asked to devise a plan against polio
RAWALPINDI: Deputy Commissioner Umer Jahangir on Wednesday directed the Health Department to devise an optimum micro plan for an anti-polio campaign to be started from...
Despite untiring efforts, KP health officials still face threat from poliovirus
PESHAWAR: Amidst a remarkable decline in polio-affected cases throughout the country, Health officials in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) still fearing threats to its untiring efforts...
Health officials plan to address problem of ‘fake news’: report
PESHAWAR: The administration of the polio vaccine is deeply impacted by the issue of fake news as a result of which health authorities have decided to...
Polio case detected in Balochistan
QUETTA: A case of poliovirus was detected in Daaki area of Balochistan on Wednesday.
Polio focal person said that poliovirus was confirmed in 18-month Muhammad Usman...
Pakistan has only one new polio case, but isn’t declaring victory...
DUKKI: Outside her small, mud-walled house in western Pakistan, Gul Saima is cajoling her 3-year-old son to take a few steps. He cries as...
Administration of expired polio vaccines causes 3 children’s death
PESHAWAR: As many as three children have died due to the administration of expired anti-polio injections, while four others are in critical condition.
Doctors have...
KP EOC assures polio vaccines not cause of children’s death, safest...
PESHAWAR: The provincial Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) here on Monday has denied the news of children dying due to polio vaccinations, saying that polio vaccine...
Year’s first polio case reported in Balochistan
The first poliovirus case of 2018 was reported in Balochistan's Dukki district on Thursday, said sources.
According to details, Balochistan health department confirmed the existence...
Polio on brink of eradication due to nation’s resolve: Ayesha Raza
37.71m children to be vaccinated in second last polio campaign
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Focal Person for Polio Eradication Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq Tuesday said...
Nationwide polio vaccination drive launched
KARACHI: A nationwide polio eradication drive was launched on Monday to try to reach 38.7 million children and eradicate the paralysing and potentially deadly...
Boundary area of twin cities susceptible to poliovirus: report
RAWALPINDI: World Health Organisation (WHO) Technical Advisory Group on Polio Eradication said on Monday that the boundary area of Rawalpindi/Islamabad should be thoroughly monitored as...
Pakistan to be declared ‘Polio Free Country’ soon due to govt’s...
FAISALABAD: Minister of State for Commerce and Textile Akram Ansari on Sunday said that Pakistan would soon be declared as a “polio-free country” because of...
