Pakistan Polio Virus Cases Surge
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•Polio crisis deepens as Pakistan reports new cases
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Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan are the only two countries where the crippling disease is still endemic.
The resurgence of poliovirus in Pakistan is blamed on boycotts of vaccination drives by parents in rural areas who allege the initiatives are a Western plot to sterilize Muslim children.
Pakistan ’s most populous Punjab province and the national capital, Islamabad , reported one case each.
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