Polio Case Reported In FATA After A Gap Of 26 Months

After a gap of more than two years, a polio case has been reported in Khyber District of erstwhile FATA, reports Abdul Salam Wazir, Spokesman for FATA Secretariat.

PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Oct, 2018 ) :After a gap of more than two years, a polio case has been reported in Khyber District of erstwhile FATA, reports Abdul Salam Wazir, Spokesman for FATA Secretariat.

The affected girl, Sahra, aged around four and half years, belongs to Landi Kotal area of Khyber district and is safe from disability, reads a statement sent by FATA Secretariat spokesman.

Sahra had taken polio vaccine during immunization campaign and therefore is safe from becoming disable.

It merits a mention here that once an epicenter of polio virus in Pakistan, FATA was polio free from the last two years.

The last case of polio virus was reported in FATA on July 27. 2016 and now this case is reported after a gap of two years and two months.

Credit for this success goes to the security forces of the country which cleared FATA from insurgents and provided access to health teams to administer polio drops to tribesmen.

After emergence of polio case, Emergency Operation Center (EOC) FATA has called an emergency meeting, adds the statement.