Polio virus resurfaces in Hyd after four months

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facebook --> twitter --> whatsup --> linkded --> email MORE (3) Messenger Whatsapp --> Polio campaign conducted in four provinces partwise [Source:EOC] HYDERABAD: Polio virus has resurfaced in Hyderabad after a four-month lull, with environmental samples from two water pumping stations testing positive and triggering concern among health and district administration officials ahead of a fresh anti-polio campaign.

According to a report issued by the Regional Polio Laboratory of the National Institute of Health, samples collected from the Tulsidas Pumping Station and Latifabad Unit 9 Pumping Station of the Hyderabad Water and Sewerage Corporation tested positive for poliovirus. A sample from the Qasimabad pumping station was also examined.