Pakistan reports no polio case in six months
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported no case of polio in the past six months which has never happened before.
According to the focal person for polio eradication Brigadier Shehzad Baig, Pakistan has come closest ever to achieve the goal of polio eradication with no wild polio cases in the last six months and consistent decline in the number of positive environmental samples. The geographic distribution of the virus has been confined only to a few areas, the official explained.
A report on the status of polio by the ministry of health states that the Polio eradication programme has achieved similar results in the past at least once (having low case count), but the significant decrease in the virus in the environment simultaneously, is unique and heartening. It indicates that the virus is under immense pressure and finding it difficult to survive in the majority of the areas, says the report.
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