Pakistan reports confirmed 50th polio caseAccording to NEOC, the National Reference Lab identified the latest case involving a 20-month-old girl from Tank district in Khyber Pakhtun...
19 Nov, 2024, 07.11 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 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
Over 4000 polio vaccine refusal cases in Pakistan's BalochistanOver 4,000 cases of refusal of polio vaccination have been recorded in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, officials said.
07 Sep, 2015, 10.34 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
4 more polio cases found in Pakistan; tally jumps to 235Security is the main reason for the spread of polio virus as vaccination cannot be organised in tribal areas where Taliban still control la...
01 Nov, 2014, 01.32 PM IST
4 more polio cases found in Pakistan; tally jumps to 231Security is the main reason for the spread of polio virus as vaccination cannot be organised in tribal areas where Taliban still control la...
30 Oct, 2014, 01.49 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
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
- India on vigil for new enemy from LoC: Poliovirus
Pakistan, reported over 190 cases last year, and also exported the crippling virus to China that was polio-free for 20 years.
13 Jan, 2012, 08.54 AM IST
- India polio-free? No case since January 13
India has not reported a single polio case in over 200 days. The country's only polio case reported this year was on January 13 from West B...
12 Oct, 2011, 08.48 AM IST
- After dengue it is polio virus threat from across border
Fearing 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