Pakistan

First polio case of 2017 surfaces in Lodhran

4-month-old affected despite being immunised

GEO NEWS
February 17, 2017

LAHORE: The first polio case of 2017 has surfaced from Lodhran in Punjab. The affected child is a four-month-old boy.

Although the child has been immunised four times, he contracted the disease.

Pakistan is among the only three polio-endemic countries in the world, the other two being Afghanistan and Nigeria.


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