Polio reaches Charsadda as eight districts test positive for virus
ISLAMABAD: The presence of poliovirus has been detected in eight districts, a day after four more cases of the crippling diseases were confirmed.
According to the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health, wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) has been detected in environmental samples collected from one uninfected and seven already-infected districts.
The virus reached Charsadda, a previously uninfected district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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