First polio case of year reported in Afghanistan

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First polio case of year reported in Afghanistan

Islamabad: The first polio case of the year has been reported in Afghanistan. According to sources from the National Institute of Health (NIH), the Regional Reference Laboratory at NIH has confirmed Afghanistan’s first polio case of the year. Sources indicate that the polio case was reported in Bala Murghab district of Badghis province, Afghanistan. The affected child is a five-year-old girl, who began showing symptoms of polio on January 27. It…