First polio case of 2017 surfaces in Lodhran

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First polio case of 2017 surfaces in Lodhran

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.