Summary Despite immunisation campaign, 15 new polio cases have been detected in Pakistan in last three days.
KARACHI (Web Desk) – Two more polio cases have been confirmed in Karachi on Thursday, raising tally in Sindh to 15 this year, Dunya News reported.
According to Health Department sources, polio virus was detected in 10-month-old Umar in Sultanabad area of Gadap Town while 22-month-old Hajra from Raja Tanvir Colony of Orangi Town was confirmed to be the latest victim of the crippling polio virus.
After emergence of new cases, toll of the affected children across the country has reached 164 this year, out of which 29 cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan 3 and 2 cases were recorded in Punjab.
Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) is the worst hit area with seven cases.
Polio is still endemic in three of these - Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria - and the remainder are countries that were once polio-free but have been re-infected.
Polio invades the nervous system and can cause irreversible paralysis within hours - and the World Health Organization s repeated warning is that as long as any child remains infected with polio, children everywhere are at risk.
