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1st polio case of 2016 detected in Kunar’s Shegal district

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ASADABAD (Pajhwok): A new polio case has surfaced in the Shegal district of eastern Kunar province, the public health director said on Sunday.

Dr. Ihsanullah Fazli told Pajhwok Afghan News an 18-month-old baby had caught the poliovirus in the Shultan valley of the district.

He said anti-polio campaigns faced hurdles in the eight districts of the province, where some 8,500 children were deprived of being administered polio drops.

Fazli said it was the . . .

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