Polio Resurgence in Pakistan: Ninth case reported amid abductions and killings of health workers

In India, the last of polio case was reported over 12 years ago and the country has attained the status of being polio-free since then. On our western borders, however, Pakistan has continued to fail to eliminate the dreaded disease from its citizens. As in violence, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province is miles ahead of Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan in reporting fresh cases of polio affliction. Pakistan reported its 9th (ninth) wild polio virus case of the year on Thursday after a seven-month-old boy fr

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