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Islamabad [Pakistan], October 27 (ANI): Amid the alarming rise in polio cases, Pakistan’s total tally this year rose to 41 after wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) was detected in a 42-month-old girl from Loralai District in Balochistan, Geo News reported citing The News. Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) stated that the child experienced the onset of paralysis on October 8 and laboratory tests, on Friday, confirmed that she had contracted WPV1. Meanwhile, the Pakistani government, in its bid to tackle the virus’s spread, will start a nationwide anti-polio vaccine campaign on October 28. The lates…

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