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Pakistani medical workers have diagnosed two more children with polio, bringing the number of polio-afflicted children nationwide to 11 this year.The two children are from Khyber Agency and Hyderabad, Sindh, Dr Altaf Bosan, co-ordinator of the Prime Minister’s Polio Eradication Cell, told Central Asia Online February 21.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has four polio cases this year, with two each in Balochistan, Sindh and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and one in Punjab.
Last year, Pakistan led the world with 198 cases. This year, it already leads again with 11 cases so far, followed by Afghanistan (three cases).
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