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ISLAMABAD: 11 more environmental samples collected from several cities have tested positive for wild poliovirus 1 (WPV1) quoting officials from the country’s polio eradication programme. “The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health Islamabad has confirmed the detection of Type-1 Wild Poliovirus (WPV1) in 11 environmental (sewage) samples collected in October 2023 (four from Peshawar, …

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