Due to persistent propagandas and parents' refusal to vaccinate their children has yet again led to the paralysis of five more innocent children in KPK raising the total count of polio cases so far for 2019 to 31 and to 37 in the country. According to a notification of National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad issued on Wednesday, five new polio cases have been confirmed from KP out of which three polio cases are confirmed from district Bannu and two from district Torghar.
The details reveal that wild polio viruses have been isolated from stool sample of 2 months boy resident of UC Sardikhel, tehsil SD Wazir in district Bannu, 8 months boy of UC Lewan, tehsil Bannu of district Bannu and 27 months boy of UC Nasirkhel, tehsil SD Wazir in district Bannu.
Likewise, virus has been isolated from the stool sample of 46 months girl and 16 months boy of Gaeito village, UC Harnail, in district Torghar. In a press statement issued here on Wednesday, Coordinator EOC KP Capt Kamran Ahmed Afridi (R) has shown grave concern over the persistent virus circulation in the province and the resultant increase in the number of polio victims.
He said "all the efforts put in by provincial government to eradicate polio from the region will not be achieved unless refusing parents understands that their individual decision to refuse anti polio vaccines not only demonstrates indifference to their child's health but is also an expression of disregard to the national cause of polio eradication that we must have to achieve as a nation."
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