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Ninth polio case detected this week: PM for preparing plan to intensify eradication efforts

Pakistan Published 6 November 2026, 05:47 · archived 6 Nov 2026

ISLAMABAD: Following the detection of the ninth polio case this week, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday directed federal health officials to consult all four provinces and prepare a coordinated national action plan within a week to intensify eradication efforts. The latest case was detected in Khyber district on Thursday, taking the national tally to nine, officials told a meeting chaired by the prime minister to review the polio situation and ongoing vaccination campaigns. Seven of the nine cases have been reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – three each in Khyber and Bannu districts and o...

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