Polio virus has been confirmed within the environmental samples of various areas of Peshawar.
In accordance with the well being division, polio virus is current in Narekhor, Shaheen City and Tajabad. The explanation for the presence of the virus is the motion of individuals from totally different areas to Peshawar.
The well being division says {that a} 5-day anti-polio marketing campaign has been began in Chitral, Dir Higher and Dir Decrease, within the marketing campaign greater than three lakh youngsters can be vaccinated towards polio.
No case of polio has been reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this yr, final yr four instances of polio have been reported within the province.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Well being Minister Qasim Ali Shah has stated that oldsters who don’t give their youngsters polio vaccine, their id playing cards can be blocked.
