ISLAMABAD: In the second case this year, a three-year-old boy has been paralysed by wild poliovirus in Bannu, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
The case was confirmed by the Pakistan National Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health, Islamabad on Tuesday. Both cases this year have been detected from Bannu.
“This three-year-old child will live with disabilities for the rest of his life because of a virus that is entirely preventable, which is truly tragic,” said Federal Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel in a statement.
National Emergency Operations Centre Coordinator Dr Shahzad Baig said: “Over the past year, Bannu had remained a cause for concern, with the persistent detection of the virus in the environment, but regrettably, two children have been affected this year.”
Published in Dawn, Aug 2nd, 2023
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