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Pakistan Reports 16th Polio Case Of 2024, To Launch Vaccination Campaign
- Friday August 23, 2024
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Pakistan reported another case of poliovirus after a child was paralysed in the Sindh province, increasing the country's total tally to 16 in 2024, an official told the media on Friday.
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WHO "Extremely Worried' At Prospect Of Polio, Other Outbreaks In Gaza
- Tuesday July 23, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A top WHO official said Tuesday he was "extremely worried" over possible outbreaks in war-torn Gaza after poliovirus was detected in the sewage, warning that communicable diseases could cause more deaths than injuries.
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6-Month-Old Child Dies Of Polio In Pakistan
- Friday September 16, 2022
- World News | Press Trust of India
A six-month-old baby died recently due to poliovirus in Pakistan, officials said here on Friday, as the country's effort to defeat the crippling disease seems to be failing.
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Children In London To Be Offered Polio Booster Jab After Virus Detected In Sewage Samples
- Wednesday August 10, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Around one million children in London will be offered a polio booster vaccine after the virus was detected in sewage samples across the capital, health officials said Wednesday.
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UK On Polio Alert: What You Need To Know About The Disease
- Friday June 24, 2022
- World News | The Conversation
Poliomyelitis (polio) is a devastating disease that historically has caused paralysis and death around the world. It is caused by polioviruses, small RNA viruses that can damage cells in the nervous system.
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Polio Virus Detected In London Sewage Samples For 1st Time In Decades
- Thursday June 23, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A type of poliovirus derived from vaccines has been detected in London sewage samples, the World Health Organization and British health officials said Wednesday, adding that more analysis was underway.
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WHO Declares Africa Free Of Poliovirus
- Tuesday August 25, 2020
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The UN's World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday declared that Africa was now free of poliovirus, a landmark in a decades-long campaign to eradicate the notorious disease around the world.
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Contaminated Polio Vaccine Given To Children In UP, Probe Ordered
- Sunday September 30, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
After traces of poliovirus type 2 were found in some batches of oral polio vaccine manufactured by a Ghaziabad-based pharmaceutical company, the health ministry has asked the polio surveillance team in Uttar Pradesh to trace all children who were given the vaccine.
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India Is Polio Free, Says Government After Strain Found In Hyderabad
- Thursday June 16, 2016
- Telangana News | Written by Uma Sudhir
India continues to be polio free, the government said in a statement released after a strain of the virus was found in samples of sewage water in Hyderabad. The strain found is a vaccine derived poliovirus or VDPV.
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India Should Be Wary of Importing Polio From Pakistan, US Disease Control Chief Says
- Wednesday August 12, 2015
- India News | Written by Pallava Bagla
While India has been polio-free since last year, it should be on the guard against importing the wild poliovirus from neighbouring Pakistan, says Dr Thomas Frieden, head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Pakistan Reports 16th Polio Case Of 2024, To Launch Vaccination Campaign
- Friday August 23, 2024
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Pakistan reported another case of poliovirus after a child was paralysed in the Sindh province, increasing the country's total tally to 16 in 2024, an official told the media on Friday.
- www.ndtv.com
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WHO "Extremely Worried' At Prospect Of Polio, Other Outbreaks In Gaza
- Tuesday July 23, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A top WHO official said Tuesday he was "extremely worried" over possible outbreaks in war-torn Gaza after poliovirus was detected in the sewage, warning that communicable diseases could cause more deaths than injuries.
- www.ndtv.com
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6-Month-Old Child Dies Of Polio In Pakistan
- Friday September 16, 2022
- World News | Press Trust of India
A six-month-old baby died recently due to poliovirus in Pakistan, officials said here on Friday, as the country's effort to defeat the crippling disease seems to be failing.
- www.ndtv.com
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Children In London To Be Offered Polio Booster Jab After Virus Detected In Sewage Samples
- Wednesday August 10, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Around one million children in London will be offered a polio booster vaccine after the virus was detected in sewage samples across the capital, health officials said Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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UK On Polio Alert: What You Need To Know About The Disease
- Friday June 24, 2022
- World News | The Conversation
Poliomyelitis (polio) is a devastating disease that historically has caused paralysis and death around the world. It is caused by polioviruses, small RNA viruses that can damage cells in the nervous system.
- www.ndtv.com
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Polio Virus Detected In London Sewage Samples For 1st Time In Decades
- Thursday June 23, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A type of poliovirus derived from vaccines has been detected in London sewage samples, the World Health Organization and British health officials said Wednesday, adding that more analysis was underway.
- www.ndtv.com
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WHO Declares Africa Free Of Poliovirus
- Tuesday August 25, 2020
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The UN's World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday declared that Africa was now free of poliovirus, a landmark in a decades-long campaign to eradicate the notorious disease around the world.
- www.ndtv.com
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Contaminated Polio Vaccine Given To Children In UP, Probe Ordered
- Sunday September 30, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
After traces of poliovirus type 2 were found in some batches of oral polio vaccine manufactured by a Ghaziabad-based pharmaceutical company, the health ministry has asked the polio surveillance team in Uttar Pradesh to trace all children who were given the vaccine.
- www.ndtv.com
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India Is Polio Free, Says Government After Strain Found In Hyderabad
- Thursday June 16, 2016
- Telangana News | Written by Uma Sudhir
India continues to be polio free, the government said in a statement released after a strain of the virus was found in samples of sewage water in Hyderabad. The strain found is a vaccine derived poliovirus or VDPV.
- www.ndtv.com
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India Should Be Wary of Importing Polio From Pakistan, US Disease Control Chief Says
- Wednesday August 12, 2015
- India News | Written by Pallava Bagla
While India has been polio-free since last year, it should be on the guard against importing the wild poliovirus from neighbouring Pakistan, says Dr Thomas Frieden, head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- www.ndtv.com