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Polio paralyzed 32 children in Pakistan during 2024

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ISLAMABAD: During 2024, Poliovirus has paralyzed 32 children in Pakistan so far, as four cases were reported from Jacobabad, one each from Karachi and Dera Ismail Khan.

Out of 32 children, who had been paralysed during 2024, sixteen are from Baloc­h­istan, ten from Sin­dh, four from KP and one each has been reported from Punjab and Federal Capital. AJK and GB have been declared Poliovirus free.

Till the beginning of October, 2024 twenty-six poliovirus cases were identified during this year in Pakistan that has failed to contain the crippling jinn due to fanatics and porous borders.

Administrating anti-polio drug too is a life-threatening job in Pakistan: For instance, on 11th of September, 2024, unidentified gunmen shot a polio worker and his police escort dead.

The attack took place near Pak-Afghan border insinuating that the gunmen could be terrorists of IS based in Afghanistan. IS has claimed an IED attack on polio team just before that.

Sadly, a polio worker was gang-raped in the Detha village of Jacobabad on 11th of September, 2024. DNA of one of the suspects had matched while Police are attempting to nab the others.

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