polio cases on the rise in Pakistan

Pakistani health officials have reported the fifteenth confirmed case of polio in the country’s Balochistan province.

Pakistani media reported on Wednesday, August 21, that a new polio case was identified in the Kharan district of Balochistan in a 23-month-old child.

According to the Pakistani health department, the child contracted the disease fifteen days ago and passed away two weeks later on Monday.

Last week, Pakistani media also reported a new polio case in the Qilla Saifullah district of Balochistan.