Poliovirus found in two ‘unaffected’ areas

ISLAMABAD: The poliovirus has reached two new districts as 26 more environmental samples have tested positive for the presence of the crippling disease.

The samples were collected from 20 districts, including Noshki, Balochistan, and Mianwali, Punjab, which had so far remained unaffected by the virus.

The presence of poliovirus has been detected amidst the ongoing nationwide vaccination campaign to immunise over 45 million children under five years.

The positive samples take...