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ISLAMABAD: Nine sewage samples collected from six districts were found positive for wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1). According to the Regio­nal Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH), WPV1 was found in two sewage samples taken from Quetta, two from Chaman, two from Peshawar and one each from Karachi South, Karachi Korangi and Mastung in …

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