Pakistan: 2014 Polio cases- Cases Rising- 295 cases total yr. to date

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.dawn.com/news/1152428/two-polio-cases-reported

Two polio cases reported
A Reporter
Updated about 7 hours ago

ISLAMABAD: Two new polio cases have been confirmed by the Polio Virology Laboratory at the National Institute of Health.

With fresh cases, the number of children hit by the crippling disease in the current year has reached 291.

A health department official said that new cases had been reported from Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

 

[Ronan Kelly]

4 more polio cases found in Pakistan; tally jumps to 295
PTI | Dec 27, 2014, 02.31 PM IST

ISLAMABAD: Four new polio cases have been reported in Pakistan, taking the number of those affected by the crippling disease to 295 this year.

According to federal health department, two new cases have been reported from Peshawar and one each from Khyber Agency in tribal areas and Qila Abdullah district in Balochistan.

The 2014 has been the toughest year for the Pakistan anti-polio programme as the number of confirmed cases is going to touch the 300 mark, the highest in the country since 1999.
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[Ronan Kelly]

Weekly AFP Surveillance Update
Pakistan
Week 52 (Ended on 27th December, 2014)
http://www.emro.who.int/images/stor...ly_bulletins2014/Week_52_Dec_27_2014.pdf?ua=1

4,716 cases of AFP reported to December 26th.
4,040 Non-Polio, 295 WPV, 24 VDPV2, 18 compatible.
117 Inadequate cases pending classification by ERC;
142 Inadequate cases not due for FUP
80 Pending in the Lab



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