ORAKZAI: Pakistan has reported its sixth polio case of 2023 after a nine-month-old child in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Orakzai district became the latest victim of the crippling disease.
The Ministry of Health has confirmed that the polio virus was found in a 9-month-old child in Orakzai district.
The Ministry of Health has also confirmed the poliovirus in 20 environmental samples from 12 districts of the country and said the presence of poliovirus in environmental samples is of great concern.
The Ministry of Health said poliovirus has robbed another child of a healthy future and appealed to parents to administer polio drops to their children as children under the age of 5 are at high risk.
