Wednesday, 5 June 2019

PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (43): Pakistan (KPTD)

Polio -- Pakistan
According to the End Polio Pakistan website, a 22nd case was reported in the past 24 hours. It is a 24-month old male from the North Waziristan District in KPTD (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tribal District).
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[This is now the 22nd case of WPV1 associated paralytic disease reported by Pakistan and the 7th case reported from the KPTD with onset of paralysis this year (2019). It would not be surprising to learn the child did not receive adequate doses of the polio

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6505194&promed&0

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