Polio in Pakistan

PESHAWAR/SHEIKHUPURA - Three new polio cases were diagnosed in Peshawar and Sheikhupura on Saturday.

Two more people were tested positive for polio virus in Peshawar taking the toll in the provincial metropolis to 14 this year.

As many as 42 polio cases have been reported in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in last over nine months.

According to provincial health department, the number of polio cases has reached 42 in KPK. As many as 208 polio cases have been reported in the country this year, the highest since 2000 when 199 cases were reported.

Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria are the only three countries in the world where polio remains endemic. In KPK, the polio cases were reported in different districts which include Peshawar 14, Bannu 12, Tank 5, Mardan 4, Buner 3, Lakki Marwat 2 and Torghar and district Nowshera with one case each.