KARACHI: The National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad has confirmed that a one year-old girl from Machar Colony in Gadap Town of Karachi has been afflicted with the disease.
This is the second case of polio in Karachi, third in Sindh during the current year.
The news comes after the previous made numerous claims of having eradicated polio from the country.
Express News correspondent Tufail Ahmed said that many areas in Karachi, including Gadap Town, have been infested with terrorists that have thwarted the government run and UN backed polio eradication programmes.
At least two polio workers were gunned down by armed men when they were in the middle of a polio campaign in Gadap town earlier in the year.
The news comes after the previous made numerous claims of having eradicated polio from the country.
Express News correspondent Tufail Ahmed said that many areas in Karachi, including Gadap Town, have been infested with terrorists that have thwarted the government run and UN backed polio eradication programmes.
At least two polio workers were gunned down by armed men when they were in the middle of a polio campaign in Gadap town earlier in the year.
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