‘Karachi becoming transmission line of polio’

Saturday, September 20, 2008 By our correspondent Karachi Karachi is now becoming a transmission line of polio in the country apart from Fata, according to Minister for Health, Dr Sagheer Ahmed. “Yes, it is true that Karachi has become the transmission line of spreading polio,” he said while talking to journalists after addressing a press conference on Friday. He said that it was also true that polio virus transmitted from Karachi had infected a child in Sheikhupura, Punjab. However, he said, the polio virus that had migrated from Afghanistan was infecting children in the province of Sindh. He said that around 81 rounds of polio had taken place in Sindh, which was high as compared to other provinces. 644 dengue fever cases reported this year: Around 644 suspected dengue fever cases have been reported so far in the city in the last one year, according a spokesman of the Sindh health department. In a statement issued on Friday, the spokesman said that out of which 180 were confirmed cases of dengue fever. Around 16 new suspected dengue fever patients were reported in hospitals during the last 24 hours.