Polio vaccine termed mandatory for people coming from Afghanistan.

PESHAWAR: In order to control the spread of polio virus, the authorities have decided to make polio vaccination mandatory for the people coming to the Pak-Afghan border and the children accompanying them. Sources told on Thursday that two cases of polio have been reported this year while 27 positive environmental samples were confirmed. The polio virus presence in environmental samples was reported from the sewage systems of Peshawar, Hangu, Karachi and Lahore The virus was genetically...