Afghanistan- Two polio positive cases registered in Uruzgan, Baghlan
Date
12/11/2019 2:21:36 PM
(MENAFN- Afghanistan Times) AT News
KABUL: Officials in the Ministry of Public health has said
that two fresh positive cases of polio have been registered in southern Uruzgan
and northern Baghlan provinces.
According to health officials the families of the polio
affected children live in Dand-e-Ghori and Khas Uruzgan districts, and that the
areas were out of government's control and deprived of medical facilities.
Dr. Abdul Qayum Khplwak, head of the medical institute for
the southern part of Afghanistan said that one of the two children have been
deprived of polio vaccination in Khas Urozgan district of the province.
He said that despite tremendous efforts towards fighting the
polio, there are great obstacles against the implementation of process.
'Until every child doesn't receive polio vaccination, our
efforts would not reach a complete goal,' he said, adding, 'the fresh case in Uruzgan
shows that southern provinces are facing serious polio threats.'
Meanwhile, a local medical in charge for polio affairs in
Baghlan, Marjan Rasikh has put the age of the polio affected child to four
years old, saying that the case has marked the initial positive polio in the
province.
Over 24 positive polio cases have been recorded from the
beginning of 2019. More than eight cases in Uruzgan, five in Helmand, four in
Kandahar, two in Paktia and three other cases in Badghis, Nangarhar and Kunar
provinces.
To prevent the positive cases of polio, the health officials
said that anti polio vaccination should be implemented across the country.
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