Polio cases reach 72 as three more surface in country

Eradication of polio virus in the country seems a distant dream as three more polio cases surfaced on Saturday, taking the tally of such cases across the country to 72 this year. One each case was reported from Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A 17-month old child, resident of Orangi Town's Union Council (UC-2), was diagnosed with the crippling disease.

She is the eighth polio victim in Sindh, according to the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) for Polio. The total number of crippling disease cases in the city has reached four. Sharing details about the latest case, the ECO said the child developed a fever and slight weakness in her right leg.