{"id":53394,"date":"2024-10-20T15:34:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T10:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=53394"},"modified":"2024-10-20T15:34:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T10:34:14","slug":"sindh-reports-new-poliovirus-cases-tally-surges-to-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/health\/sindh-reports-new-poliovirus-cases-tally-surges-to-39\/","title":{"rendered":"Sindh reports new poliovirus cases, tally surges to 39"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: Pakistan&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/health\/kp-reports-1st-polio-case-in-year-2024-amid-vaccination-challenges\/\">polio crisis<\/a> has taken a concerning turn with two fresh cases of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/two-more-polio-cases-reported-in-sindh-yearly-tally-reaches-26\/\">wild poliovirus type-1<\/a> (WPV1) confirmed in Sindh, bringing the country&#8217;s total to 39 cases this year, as reported by the National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC).<\/p>\n<p>The latest<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/health\/first-polio-case-confirmed-in-islamabad-in-16-years\/\"> victims<\/a> of the polio virus are a boy from Mirpurkhas and a girl from Sanghar, marking the first instances of the disease in their respective areas in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Sindh is experiencing a surge in virus transmission, particularly after multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/punjab-govt-devises-plan-for-artificial-rain-to-reduce-smog\/\">environmental samples<\/a> from Mirpurkhas tested positive for WPV1 earlier this year. The breakdown of cases across provinces is alarming: Balochistan has recorded 20 cases, Sindh 12, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa five, and one each in Punjab and Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p>Tragically, at least three children have lost their lives to polio this year, including Abdullah from Karachi&#8217;s Bin Qasim Town and two children from Balochistan&#8217;s Killa Saifullah and Quetta.<\/p>\n<p>To combat the outbreak, the government is launching a nationwide anti-polio vaccine campaign on October 28. However, misinformation and conspiracy theories continue to fuel vaccine hesitancy, especially in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.<\/p>\n<p>Parents are refusing polio vaccines due to baseless myths, such as claims that vaccines cause infertility or are part of a foreign conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>The Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) officials stress that vaccines are safe and essential to protect children from paralysis. &#8220;Listening to conspiracy theories is putting children at grave risk,&#8221; they warn, urging parents to rely on scientific facts and consult healthcare professionals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: Pakistan&#8217;s polio crisis has taken a concerning turn with two fresh cases of wild poliovirus type-1 (WPV1) confirmed in Sindh, bringing the country&#8217;s total to 39 cases this year, as reported by the National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC). The latest victims of the polio virus are a boy from Mirpurkhas and a girl from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":50772,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[23209,23210,23208],"class_list":["post-53394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-polio-crisis-in-pakistan","tag-polio-virus-in-sindh","tag-wild-poliovirus-type-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53394"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53395,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53394\/revisions\/53395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}