{"id":361172,"date":"2023-10-12T20:17:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T15:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=361172"},"modified":"2023-10-12T20:17:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T15:17:55","slug":"environmental-samples-test-positive-for-poliovirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/environmental-samples-test-positive-for-poliovirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental samples test positive for poliovirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The environmental samples collected from Peshawar city and District Dera Bugti from Balochistan have tested positive for wild poliovirus. According to spokesperson Ministry of Health, Pakistan Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health (NIH), which also serves as the WHO Regional Reference Lab for poliovirus confirmed that genetic testing has linked the virus in all samples to the cluster circulating in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Caretaker Federal Minister for Health Dr Nadeem Jan urged parents to ensure that their children are up to date on routine immunization and receive the oral polio vaccine repeatedly, ensuring strong immunity to fight off infections. He said, \u201cEvery virus detection is a stark reminder of the collective responsibility we hold to protect our communities. I urge parents and caregivers to vaccinate their children in every immunization round and create awareness on the high risk that wild poliovirus poses to our children.\u201d He said that thorough epidemiological investigations will be held for each detection to identify the affected populations and plan swift responses to build immunity. He said that the government has already started a national polio immunization drive to vaccinate children under five.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The environmental samples collected from Peshawar city and District Dera Bugti from Balochistan have tested positive for wild poliovirus. According to spokesperson Ministry of Health, Pakistan Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health (NIH), which also serves as the WHO Regional Reference Lab for poliovirus confirmed that genetic testing has linked the virus in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-361172","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Environmental samples test positive for poliovirus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/environmental-samples-test-positive-for-poliovirus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Environmental samples test positive for poliovirus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The environmental samples collected from Peshawar city and District Dera Bugti from Balochistan have tested positive for wild poliovirus. 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