Poliovirus has been found in environmental samples collected in Karachi!
Head of the Polio Programme Dr. Shahzad Baig, in a statement on Thursday, confirmed that an environmental sample collected from Karachi’s Gadap area last month has tested positive.
“The virus was detected in environmental samples collected from Karachi’s Gadap Town UC-4 in the Sohrab Goth area on May 15 this year,” he said.
“The disease was successfully limited to southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and added that this was the first case reported from Karachi this year so far,” he added.
Dr. Baig added that earlier, the positive environmental samples were reported in Lahore, Hangu, Peshawar, DI Khan, and upper South Waziristan.
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