An official revealed that in a severe setback to the government's efforts to make the country polio-free, an 11-month-old male child succumbed to the dreaded virus in a government hospital.
Poliomyelitis - About
Polio is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. It results in paralysis and generally affects people of all age groups, children being more susceptible
Polio is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. It results in paralysis and generally affects people of all age groups, children being more susceptible
According to information available from health officials, the child was paralysed May 4 and was admitted to the SRTR Hospital in Ambejogai, Beed, which suspected that he could be polio positive.
Later last month, the samples were also tested at the MIMSR, Latur, which diagnosed it as 'P2' polio virus.
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Gunmen shot dead a female anti-polio worker in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, the latest in a series of deadly attacks on vaccination teams, police said.
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UN official reveals the death of a second child that died after contracted polio due to the banning of polio vaccination by Taliban's there.
