Pakistan: Polio cases reported from 8 districts

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 15 (ANI): The polio cases have been rapidly increasing in Pakistan, causing a health hazard with confirmation of cases in eight districts, ARY News reported.

The National Institute of Health (NIH) informed that wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) was identified in the sewage samples from Dera Ismail Khan, Charsadda, Rawalpindi, Qambar, Jamshoro, Killa Saifullah, Barkhan, and Mastung.

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