MIRPURKHAS: The WHO and the provincial health department rushed to a
village in Tharparkar the area to collect samples as they feared at
least four children have been apparently detected with polio virus.
Sources in health
department said that the children aged between three to six years
residing in Jinan Junejo village, UC Mahrano of district Tharparkar,
have apparently signs and symptoms of polio and feared that the water
being consumed by villagers was contaminated. The suspected polio
patients were identified as Majeedan, 3, Uzma, 4, Shahjahan, 4 and Hakim
Ali, 6. All belong to Junejo tribe in the village. As the report about
the suspect polio cases spread, the officials of health department as
well WHO reached the area and collected samples from blood of affected
children and sent the same to Islamabad laboratories for final
confirmation of the polio disease.
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