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A further nine environmental samples have confirmed poliovirus this week, bringing the total to 185 for the year. The total number of areas affected remained at 45, and 5 cases of polio were confirmed this year.
“In Hyderabad, one sample was collected from the Tulsidas pumping station site and this was the 9th positive sample from the area this year,” said the official. A third positive sample was collected from the area from Kemari, Muhammad Khan Colony and Orangi Nala sites in Karachi district, bringing the number of positive polio samples to 11. Besides, in Peshawar, Naraykhar A sample was collected from the Pulosi bridge site and this was the 13th positive sample from Peshawar area this year.
Polio was confirmed in an environmental sample from the railway bridge site in Quetta, which was the 22nd positive sample from Quetta this year overall, a sample was also collected from Pishin and this was the 5th positive sample from the area this year, Chaman Samples were collected from Armi Kaziba sites and Hadi Packet in the area, bringing the number of positive samples to 14 in the area.
He added that a case of polio could be reported in any city because people move from one city to another, but the presence of the virus in sewage water meant that the vaccination campaign in the area could not reach its target, while the presence He said that Pakistan is on the verge of eradicating polio in 2019, but that the country must bear the cost of the leadership’s irresponsibility.
In response to a question, the officer explained, “If the virus of the disease is found in the sewage sample, the sample will be called positive and when a child is paralyzed by the virus, it will be called a positive case. ” a sample of sewage water from an area is the main parameter to determine whether a polio vaccination campaign is carried out successfully.
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