polio vaccine

News DeskIslamabad: Two sewage samples from Peshawar and Pishin districts have tested positive for wild poliovirus (WPV1).According to the notification issued by Pakistan Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health, WPV1…

News DeskLahore: The polio virus has been confirmed in environmental samples collected from the Multan Road area Lahore which is the fourth case of wild poliovirus in Lahore this year, according to health officials.Out of the 4…

News DeskIslamabad: The district administration of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) ensured the coverage of vaccinationin non-availability areas and focused on refusal cases on the third day of the polio immunization campaign.…

News DeskIslamabad: A polio vaccination campaign for more than 21.54 million children under five years old began in Sindh and Punjab.Due to the seventh national census’s concurrent activities, the five-day vaccination campaign is…

News DeskDI KHAN/ TANK: A five-day anti-polio vaccination campaign was kicked off on Monday to administer polio vaccine to about 450,972 children aged up to five years in DI Khan and Tank districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, health…

APPPeshawar: Nearly 91,000 children under the age of five in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa missed polio doses during the seven-day police immunisation blitz that began on January 16 in the province, according to a health department report.The…

APPDI Khan: Five police officers who had been assigned to guard polio workers sustained injuries when unidentified assailants targeted them in Dera Ismail Khan’s Musazai neighbourhood on Thursday.The police chief reported that six…

News Desk Islamabad/Rawalpindi: A polio vaccination drive kicked off in twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Monday followed by another drive to administer the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine to children by the end of this month in…

News Desl=k Rawalpindi: The District Health Authority (DHA) was finalizing arrangements for the week-long anti-polio campaign, which would be commenced in the entire district on October 24. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Ansar Ishaque…

News Desk PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province has reported another poliovirus case from North Waziristan, a newly merged district that has been a hotbed on the crippling disease in the country. In a statement, the National Institute…