polio

News Desk  Islamabad: The polio virus has been confirmed in a one-and-a-half-year-old child from Union Council Hasanzai Urban-II in district, Balochistan.  This recent case has increased the total number of polio cases in Pakistan for…

News Desk  Islamabad:Deputy Commissioner (DC) Islamabad, Irfan Nawaz Memon has chaired a meeting and reviewed the arrangements  for the ongoing anti-polio drive in the Federal Capital.  The city's polio campaign has entered its…

News Desk  Islamabad: Ayesha Raza Farooq, the Prime Minister's focal person on polio, called on all sectors of society to contribute to eliminating the poliovirus from the country.  Speaking to a PTV news channel, she announced the…

APP Peshawar: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has issued a report confirming that there were 15 attacks on polio teams this year. Giving details of the attack, the officials of the CTD said that there were 15 attacks on polio…

News Desk Islamabad: The fifth polio case of the year was reported from Quetta, Balochistan, on Saturday. A two-year-old child developed paralysis in his legs on April 29, which progressed to his arms. Unfortunately, the child passed…

News Desk Quetta: The Balochistan government has postponed the polio campaign in six districts due to a heatwave starting today (Saturday). The affected districts are Dera Bugti, Jaffarabad, Usta Muhammad, Sahabpur, Sibi, and Naseerabad.…

APP Islamabad: Health officials on Friday confirmed the presence of polio-virus in environmental samples from Quetta and Karachi Kemari. According to officials of the Ministry of Health, so far, polio virus has been confirmed in…

News Desk  Quetta:  In a troubling incident unfolding in the border city of Chaman, Balochistan, armed assailants alleegdly linked to the 'Dharna' Committee have launched an attack on a polio vaccination team, resulting in injuries to…

News Desk Islamabad: Khizr Afzal, Head of the anti-polio program in Punjab, announced on Sunday that preparations for the upcoming anti-polio campaign have been completed. The campaign is set to commence on Monday. According to a…

APP Islamabad: National Institute of Health (NIH) said on Wednesday that four new environmental samples had tested positive for wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), bringing the total number of positive samples this year to 112. The four…