ISLAMABAD: Five news polio cases were reported from different areas of the country, pushing the tally to 253 cases in current year.
According to Ministry of Health sources, the new cases were reported from Karachi in Sindh, Bannu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, South Waziristan and Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Qilla Abdullah in Balochistan.
So far 22 cases have been reported from Karachi in 2014, 161 from FATA and 49 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Earlier, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned Pakistan that more restriction would be placed on Pakistani passengers if Pakistan failed to control the spread of polio virus.
It has also sought complete data of Pakistanis who had traveled abroad during the last six months. Pakistan did not fully comply with the travel restrictions that were imposed in mid 2014, said a statement issued by WHO. It threatened that if Pakistan did not take appropriate measures immediately Pakistani passengers would be screened at international airports.
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