At least one new polio case has been detected in Pakistan’s north-western province, taking the number of cases found so far this year to 21.
The Polio Virology Laboratory of the National Institute of Health (NIH) said that one new polio victim was found after tests were conducted in the virology facility of the hospital.
The new case was reported from Peshawar in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Dawn reported on Saturday.
“Though the one-and-a-half-year-old is a resident of Hayatabad in Peshawar, the patient is reported to have travelled frequently between Pakistan and Afghanistan,” sources said.
The child received polio vaccine six times in both countries and at border posts but a gap of three to four months between the doses was the cause of affliction, sources said.
The country recorded 305 new cases in 2014, making it the most deadly year for the crippling disease since 2000.
