Unicef’s Regional Director for South Asia George Laryea-Adjei on Sunday stated that the polio program in Pakistan was back on track. He expressed hope that the crippling disease would be eradicated from.
General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the Chief of Army Staff, praised Bill Gates, the Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, for his efforts to eradicate polio in Pakistan, and promised him.
According to Baaghi TV, Pakistan revealed its second case of wild poliovirus in 2022, when a two-year-old girl from North Waziristan tested positive for new type-1 wild poliovirus (WPV1).
The infant became paralysed.
After paying a brief but productive visit to Pakistan, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said that he was confident of wiping the poliovirus out of the country soon. The philanthropist took to Twitter.
Prime Minister Imran Khan was informed on Wednesday that Pakistan has made significant progress against polio, with no cases of Wild Polio Virus (WPV1) identified in the last ten months, down from.
