By Ashrafuddin Pirzada
LANDIKOTAL: The total number of polio cases recored to seven in 2019 in Pakistan after another child in Zakhakhel area of Landikotal was confirmed polio infected on Thursday, health source said.
The sources said that 12-month-old boy identified as Omar Hayat son of Hayat Gul hailing from Zakhakhel subdivision of Landikotal of Khyber tribal district has been detected with Acute Flaccid Paralysis(AFP). While confirming the case the health officials said that poliovirus has been isolated from his stool sample in a laboratory in Islamabad.
He added that this was the first ever polio case in Khyber tribal district detected in Khyber district while in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province the polio cases raised to three and 7 in Pakistan.
It was learnt the the affected child had been vaccinated proper polio drops in the past anti polio drives,sources said.
When heard about the polio case spread fear among the dwellers in Landikotal.
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