Confirmation of polio virus in environmental samples of Peshawar and Tank
Ministry of National Health has confirmed presence of polio virus in environmental samples taken from sewage line in Tank and Peshawar.
Sources of health department have said that samples of polio virus were taken at different places of the country as usual for analysis at National Health Institute Laboratory Islamabad.
In Peshawar, samples were taken from Union Council Shaheen Muslim Town, Bord Bazar and Bakshi Bridge and other areas. More than twenty-five environmental samples were sent to laboratory, some of which have been confirmed to contain polio virus.
A total of four environmental samples have been found to contain poliovirus in Peshawar, Tank, Quetta, Malir and Hub