Fresh Polio Case Reported From Bajour

Another child falls prey to the parental refusal in Bajour Agency as a two and a half year old child was just diagnosed with poliomyelitis on Friday

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Jan, 2019 ) :Another child falls prey to the parental refusal in Bajour Agency as a two and a half year old child was just diagnosed with poliomyelitis on Friday.

According to an official of Polio Emergency Operation Centre, child's father allowed polio drops to daughters but kept his son away from polio immunization teams during anti-polio drives. He said that this was the 10th polio case of year 2018.

He said that six polio cases were reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during year 2018 included one from Charssada, one from Lakki Marwat, three from Bajour and one from Khyber.

He said that the centre had also confirmed on Thursday polio case reported from Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) in 16 months child Anam.

He said that samples of child's blood were collected in December 2018, therefore the case belongs to last year tally.

He said that the symptoms of polio in child's blood were observed in December 10, 2018. The health officials sent her samples to National Institute of Health immediately for confirmation.

He said that the institute confirmed in its reports that the girls carries polio virus. He said that was the ninth case of year 2018, which was reported from Marmundu Azam of Lakki Marwat district.