7 more polio cases surface, toll rises to 283
As many as three affectees are from Khyber Agency and one from Swat
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – As many as seven more polio cases have surfaced on Saturday taking the total number of cases registered in 2014 to at least 283 in the country.
According to the Ministry for Health sources, a 13-year-old baby girl named Rehanfrom Swat have been diagnosed with the crippling virus of polio.
Resident of South Waziristan, Eid Gul and Khyber Agency’s Ahtesham and Abdul Mateen have also been found out to be affected.
Moreover, as many as two affectees belong to Peshawar and one more from Khyber Agency.
In 2014, at least 173 cases have surfaced in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), 63 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), 27 in Sindh, 3 in Punjab and from Balochistan as many as 17 cases have been registered.
