Another polio case appears, this time in Karachi
During refusals and spread of misinformation against the vaccination, another polio case has been reported in Pakistan, and this time it is in Karachi, Sindh.
The National Institute for Health has confirmed the case. “Propaganda against vaccination leads to misconceptions. Parents must not fall prey to it.
Refusal families not only put their children in danger of contracting poliovirus, but also the children of others, says EOC Sindh coordinator.
According to child’s father, grandmother and uncle, the child developed low grade fever on 28 April 2019 and he went for consultation to MAMJI Hospital, Gulberg. Fever was followed by weakness of both lower limbs on 29 April.
“We are all stakeholders in polio eradication from Pakistan and we must work together to end poliovirus,” the coordinator said.