polio

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…

APPPeshawar: 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 DeskIslamabad: 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…

APPIslamabad: 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 DeskIslamabad: 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…

APPIslamabad: 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…

News DeskIslamabad: It has come to light that the dirty water in Mirpur Khas city, located in the Sindh province, contains the poliovirus.The Sindh Health Department reported that water samples collected from the Mirpur Khas…

News Desk Islamabad:  Polio virus has been confirmed for the first time in the environmental samples of Karachi District South and Mirpurkhas.According to the authorities, the virus was confirmed in the environmental samples of 10…