Alarming situation of crippling disease:

Independent Report

QUETTA: The polio cases continued to rise in Balochistan province where another case of the crippling disease has been reported on Friday.
The Health Department sources confirmed that the polio virus has been diagnosed in around two years child belonging to Killa Abdullah district.
It may be mentioned here that it is the third case reported from Killa Abdullah and sixth from Balochistan during the current year.
A polio case was reported a couple of days back from Killa Abdullah district. Besides, three polio cases (one each) had been reported from Quetta, Chaman and Dera Bugti earlier this year.
It may also be mentioned here that Balochistan remained polio free province in 2022 and 2023. Earlier, one polio case was reported in 2021 while record 26 cases had been reported in 2020.
Aggregately, a total of 59 cases of polio have been reported in Balochistan since 2015.
Needless to mention here is that a special immunization campaign has already been planned by the Health department in 16 districts of the province.
The special campaign is scheduled to be kicked off from July 1 in the specific districts of the province.
The anti-polio campaign would be run in Loralai, Killa Saifullah, Killa Abdullah, Chaman, Musakhail, Usta Muhammad, Duki, Lasbela, Barkhan, Kalat, Shirani, Naseerabad, Zhob, Sibi, Mastung and Sanjavi Tehsil of Ziarat.