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Polio virus found in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar

Dunya News

The WHO has confirmed presence of polio virus in sewerage water in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar.

According to World Health Organization (WHO) report, the presence of polio virus was confirmed in in sewerage water in Lahore, Rawalpindi and Peshawar. Polio virus can spread through air and affect children.Presence of polio virus was confirmed when test were carried out on sewerage water samples collected from the three cities. However, no polio virus was found in drinking water.According to report, no polio virus was found in Gudap Town area of Karachi which was earlier considered as most dangerous area regarding polio.It is feared that that presence of polio virus in Lahore, Rawalpindi and Peshawar is due to migration of children from FATA where the children were not vaccinated for the past three years. The WHO will examine sewerage water samples from three more cities next month.