The watchdog welfare cleric says it is the subsequent positive example recognized in the city during the current year.
Pastor Guardian Wellbeing Dr. Nadeem Jan revealed on Wednesday that an ecological example collected from Rawalpindi came back positive, alerting the well-being specialists.
In view of the strong measures taken by Islamabad, the Unified Countries Youngsters' Asset (Unicef) provincial chief for South Asia last December believed that the devastating disease would be eradicated from the country by the end of 2023.
Speaking to commentators, the spiritual overseer for welfare said it was a subsequent positive example recognized in the city during the current year. In July, a natural example collected from Sarai Kullah returned positive.
He welcomed the administration of polio workers and authorities and said that Pakistan has one of the most developed polio survey systems on the planet.
The breakthrough government is targeting high-risk areas, Jan said, adding that they have devised a far-reaching system to kill the devastating infection from the country.
Speaking about the event, he sought the participation of guardians in the fight against polio.
The most memorable polio case of the year
In Walk 2023, a three-year-old child tested positive for the devastating disease in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), making him the country's main polio 2023 instance. The child is a resident of Ghora Bakka Khel in Bannu.
In August, wild poliovirus once again caused significant damage, destroying a three-year-old child for life in Bannu, while public authorities struggle to eradicate the infection from the country.
Following the recognition of a subsequent polio case in Bannu, wild poliovirus type 1 was found in environmental samples collected from Peshawar and Taxila city in the Rawalpindi region, the Public Institute for Children's Welfare (NIH) Islamabad said.
"The Pakistan Public Polio Laboratory at NIH Islamabad has confirmed the discovery of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in two natural (sewage) samples collected in Peshawar and Rawalpindi in July 2023. This is the sixth positive example from Peshawar and the main positive example from Rawalpindi this year, ” said NIH Islamabad authority.
The environmental example of Rawalpindi featured poliovirus
The infection was found in a sample collected from the Safdarabad site on 10 August.An ecological sample from Rawalpindi tested positive for wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1).The infection was found in an environmental sample collected from the Safdarabad site on 10 August.
According to the Pakistan Polio Laboratory at the Public Organization of Wellbeing, which is also the WHO's local reference laboratory for the Polio Programme.
This is a subsequent positive example from Rawalpindi this year, and the limited infection is genetically linked to an infectious cluster circulating in the Nangarhar area of adjacent Afghanistan.
"I have planned a large-scale procedure to remove polio, and special attention is paid to the high risk of regions," said spiritual doctor Nadeem Jan.
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"The most effective way to protect children from the crippling poliovirus is polio vaccination," he said.
The clergyman added that the anti-polio program has prevented the spread of the infection in previous recognition and will continue its efforts for early detection and rapid response to kill the poliovirus wherever it is found.
Dr. Shahzad Baig, organizer of the Public Crisis Tasks Place for Polio Destruction, said the Pakistan Polio Program maintains a profoundly fine network of polio research, which is evident from the climate's rapid discoveries of infection.
"We are conducting phased immunization crusades in the country and are also working closely with the polio program in Afghanistan to boost vaccination at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border to mitigate the risk of spread," he said.
A polio crusade was held in 65 regions of the country, including Rawalpindi from August 7 to 13, this month to immunize more than 8,000,000 youth under the age of five.
Pakistan has reported two cases of polio and 16 positive natural examples so far this year, while Afghanistan has detailed five cases and 33 positive examples.
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