KABUL (SW) – A new polio virus infection cases has been registered in Nangarhar, said an official on Saturday.
The head of the emergency operation center for the eradication of polio, Dr. Nek Wali Shah Momin told Salam Watandar that he has registered a positive case of polio in Batikot district of Nangarhar.
According to him, a four-year-old child has been infected with this virus in Batikot district. He said that this is the first incident of polio in the country in 2023.
According to Momin’s information, Afghanistan witnessed 56 positive cases of polio in 2020, four in 2021 and two positive cases in 2022.
This comes as the government has decided to start the sub-campaign of anti-polio vaccine in 23 provinces of the country on Monday. According to officials, 6.4 million Afghan children will be vaccinated during this period of polio vaccination.
It should be noted that Afghanistan and Pakistan are still the only two countries in the world where polio has not been eradicated.
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