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2 new polio cases surface in restive Helmand province

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LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Two new polio cases have surfaced in Washer and Nawzad districts of southern Helmand province, an official said on Monday.

Public Health had earlier banned polio vaccination in the the districts but the restriction was lifted recently.

In Nawzad district, it was the second positive case detected in recent months. A few months earlier a polio case had emerged in the same family.

Hazem said the Taliban had imposed the ban on polio vaccination in some areas of Helmand. He warned more positive . . .

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