PESHAWAR (Kashmir English): Two new polio cases have been reported from two districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Tank and North Waziristan.
According to the details, the number of polio cases in the province this year has reached 15.
The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Control at the National Institute of Health, Islamabad, has confirmed two new polio cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
A 16-month-old girl from Union Council Molazai of Tank district and a two-year-old girl from Union Council Miranshah of North Waziristan district have been confirmed to have polio virus.
Thus, the number of polio cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this year has reached 15, including three each from Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Tank, and North Waziristan districts, and one case each from Torghar, Dera Ismail Khan, and Kohistan Lower districts.
This year, the total number of polio cases across the country has now reached 23, with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa leading the way with 15 polio cases, while Sindh has reported 6, and Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan have reported one polio case each.
On the other hand, a five-day anti-polio campaign in Peshawar will begin on September 1. Preparations for the anti-polio campaign have been completed under the Divisional Task Force.
Orders have been issued to the Deputy Commissioners of Peshawar, Nowshera, Charsadda, Mohmand tribal district, and Khyber district to supervise the polio campaign on their own.
Commissioner Peshawar said that full-proof arrangements will be made for the security of polio teams and all resources will be utilized to make the anti-polio campaign a success.
