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10-month-old child dies from polio in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) — A 10-month-old child has died after being confirmed with the wild poliovirus in North Waziristan district of Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (KP), the Health Ministry said Friday night.

The National Institute of Health reported on Wednesday that the boy had onset of paralysis on Sept. 15 and suffered from disabilities in his left arm and neck, said the ministry in a