Infant found paralysed by polio in Pakistan
According to an official from the Ministry of National Health Services, the latest case also belonged to Mir Ali.
According to an official from the Ministry of National Health Services, the latest case also belonged to Mir Ali.
The government has urged all parents to get their children less than five years of age, vaccinated against Polio.
A statement by the Ministry of Health said the vaccination will be conducted after neighbouring Malawi reported an outbreak of the disease on February 17 when a three-year-old child was diagnosed, reports Xinhua news agency.
One thing that COVID-19 has taught everyone is that a virulent virus can travel swiftly across geographies, which is why India must guard its hard-earned immunity against polio as stringently as possible.
The campaign will be the first in over three years to reach all children in Afghanistan, including more than 3.3 million kids in parts of the country who have "previously remained inaccessible to vaccination campaigns"
The battle against polio, which was joined in 1988 with the WHO, UNICEF and Rotary coming together, has several lessons to offer. At that time, there were as many as 350,000 cases worldwide
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