Wednesday, 5 February 2020

PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (13): Pakistan (SD)

Polio -- Pakistan
The Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) for polio in Sindh here on Wednesday [5 Feb 2020] confirmed one new polio case for the year 2020 from UC Jamal in Kashmore District.
This takes the total tally of Sindh to 3 and Pakistan to 8 for the year 2020, said the EOC spokesperson, mentioning that a 40 month old girl has been affected by polio with weakness in both lower limbs with date of onset being [16 Jan 2020]. According to her parents, the child had received 7 doses of oral polio vaccination

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6958445&promed&0

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