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Pakistan records one more poliovirus case; tally reaches 13Pakistani authorities confirmed a new poliovirus case in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, raising the national count to 13 in 2025. The affected child i...27 Jun, 2025, 04.46 PM IST- Pakistan reports third polio case amid concerns of widespread transmissionThe latest victim, a 12-year-old girl from the Kili Malak Haqdad area of Darozai union council in Balochistan's Killa Abdullah district, su...26 May, 2024, 12.30 PM IST
- Pakistan: Four samples collected from four cities tests positive for Wild Poliovirus 1Environmental samples collected from four cities in Pakistan, including Karachi and Peshawar, have tested positive for Wild Poliovirus 1 (W...19 Oct, 2023, 12.59 PM IST
- Pakistan polio eradication campaign in disarray, country reports 12 new cases this yearPakistan is one of the two polio-endemic countries in the world along with its neighbour Afghanistan. The new case - a 21-month-old boy who...15 Jul, 2022, 11.32 AM IST
- Pakistan could be next polio-free nation, says WHOAttempts to eradicate the disease in Pakistan have been seriously hampered by the targeting of vaccination teams in recent years by militan...25 Oct, 2020, 07.36 PM IST
- UN Chief Ban Ki-moon condemns suicide attack near polio centre in PakistanThe attack close to the premises of a polio eradication centre in Balochistan's capital Quetta, killed at least 15 people and injured 20 ot...14 Jan, 2016, 10.25 AM IST
- Pakistan may be polio free by next year: UNICEFPakistan may be declared a 'non- endemic country for polio virus' by next year, a UNICEF health official said today.09 Nov, 2015, 10.08 PM IST
- Pakistan committed to eradicate polio: Nawaz SharifNawaz Sharif said his government has a firm resolve to eradicate polio from Pakistan, the worst affected country in the world.10 Sep, 2015, 10.23 PM IST
- Pak asks EU to relax travel restrictionsThe issue of restrictions came up for discussion yesterday during a meeting of a German parliamentary delegation with President Mamnoon Hus...27 May, 2015, 02.17 PM IST
- India risks importing polio from Pakistan, Afghanistan: GovernmentIndia runs a high risk of importing polio from its key neighbours Afghanistan and Pakistan which have a high polio burden, the government t...05 May, 2015, 07.14 PM IST
- 4 more polio cases found in Pakistan; tally jumps to 276Pakistan government has come under criticism for doing little to eradicate the virus which is a threat to the world.06 Dec, 2014, 05.01 PM IST
- India offers Pakistan 'full cooperation' for polio eradicationAn official statement from the Health Ministry said the plan was originally conceived in Delhi in 1994 when Vardhan was the state's health ...24 Oct, 2014, 03.45 PM IST
- Pakistan accounts for 80 per cent of polio cases globally: WHOThe World Health Organisation in its progress report held Pakistan responsible for failing to curb the surge in polio cases.17 Oct, 2014, 02.28 PM IST
- India warns Pakistan visa applicants over fake polio certificatesThe Indian High Commission issued a statement yesterday warning that such visa applications would be rejected and the applicants permanentl...09 Oct, 2014, 06.04 PM IST
- Visitors from Pakistan will have to take polio vaccine: IndiaIndia announced it would be mandatory for all persons - adults or children - travelling to the country from Pakistan to take an Oral Polio ...11 Dec, 2013, 06.41 PM IST
- After dengue it is polio virus threat from across borderFearing polio virus threat from Pakistan, the ministry of health and family welfare has begun anti-polio vaccination drive at Attari land a...28 Sep, 2011, 08.45 AM IST
- India battles polio virus from Pakistan; alarm raised after 4 infants in China infected with the virusBooths have been set up at the Wagah border for people coming from Pakistan by foot or by the Indo-Pak bus service.19 Sep, 2011, 08.34 AM IST
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