Pakistan reports four new polio cases
Pakistan
With the new cases, the number of polio cases in Pakistan in the current year has reached 32.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The National Institute of Health on Tuesday confirmed the detection of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) from two children in Jacobabad and one child each from Karachi Malir and DI Khan districts, bringing the total number of cases to 32.
The Ministry of Health has made an urgent appeal to parents to vaccinate their children as four new polio cases were reported on Tuesday.
According to health officials, an expanding poliovirus outbreak is posing a public health emergency for children across the country.
Health officials have appealed to parents to urgently vaccinate their children at every opportunity to protect them from the crippling poliovirus which has now affected 32 children.
