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75 suspected polio cases reported in Helmand

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LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Seventy-five suspected cases of polio have been reported in southern Helmand province where insecurity recently deprived about 10,000 children from polio drops, an official said on Sunday.

Provincial Public Health Department official Dr. Abdul Ahad Hazim told Pajhwok Afghan News the 10,000 children could not be administrated polio vaccines in central and northern districts of the province due to insecurity.

The northern and central districts include Marja, Nad Ali, Nawa, Greshk, Musa Qala, Sangin, Kajaki, Baghran, Nawzad and Washer.

Hazim . . .

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