Four new cases of polio detected in Sindh, Punjab.

Byline: Ikram Junaidi

ISLAMABAD -- Another four cases of polio, two each in Sindh and Punjab, have been found, an official of the National Institute of Health told Dawn. The samples of the patients were taken and referred to NIH last year.

'A five-year-old boy, a resident of Deenpur union council (UC), Thull tehsil, Jacobabad district, became paralysed due to poliovirus.

The other victim is a 48-month-old boy, a resident of Phulladyon UC, Sindhri tehsil, Mirpurkhas district,' the official said, requesting anonymity.

'The children paralysed by poliovirus in Punjab are both girls and they belong to the same district and UC. They are four and 10 months old, residents of Aali Wala UC, D.G. Khan tehsil, ' he said.

When contacted by Dawn, National Coordinator Emergency Operation Centre for Polio Dr...