Aaj TV English News - Pakistan https://english.aaj.tv/ Aaj TV English en-Us Copyright 2026 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:08:50 +0500 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:08:50 +0500 60 Bannu reports third case of polio this year https://english.aaj.tv/news/30335855/bannu-reports-third-case-of-polio-this-year <p><strong>Another case of polio was reported from Bannu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, taking this year’s total positive cases across the country to three.</strong></p> <p>Health ministry officials confirmed that the virus had infected a female child in Bannu who was only one and a half year old. Officials said that the child has been paralysed as a result of the virus.</p> <p>The latest case took Pakistan’s total number of cases in the ongoing year to three. All cases this year have been reported from Bannu.</p> <p>Officials also confirmed that the virus had been detected in an environmental sample collected from Bannu. A total of 34 samples across the country have shown the virus this year.</p> <p>Now wiped out from most of the world, the polio virus is now only endemic in Pakistan and Afghanistan.</p> Another case of polio was reported from Bannu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, taking this year’s total positive cases across the country to three.

Health ministry officials confirmed that the virus had infected a female child in Bannu who was only one and a half year old. Officials said that the child has been paralysed as a result of the virus.

The latest case took Pakistan’s total number of cases in the ongoing year to three. All cases this year have been reported from Bannu.

Officials also confirmed that the virus had been detected in an environmental sample collected from Bannu. A total of 34 samples across the country have shown the virus this year.

Now wiped out from most of the world, the polio virus is now only endemic in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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