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Alarm bells: Kandahar records 7th polio case this year

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KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): A 17-month-old boy has been tested positive for poliovirus in southern Kandahar province, taking the number of polio cases so far this solar year to 14 nationwide.

The provincial Public Health Department director told a press conference in Kandahar City, the provincial capital, that the new polio case --- the 7 th in Kandahar this year --- surfaced in Spin Boldak border district, setting alarms bells ringing for the department.

So far 14 polio cases . . .

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