Polio virus has been confirmed in an environmental sample from Lahore, after which the number of positive environmental samples in Pakistan has now increased to 17.
According to the caretaker Federal Minister of Health, Nadeem Jan, the virus is linked to the virus found in the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan.
The Federal Minister of Health said that the frequent finding of the virus in environmental samples is alarming, therefore, the situation of polio is being closely monitored and in this regard, the top expert of the polio program has been appointed in Bannu.
