Polio crisis deepens as Pakistan reports new cases
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FILE - A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sept. 9, 2024.
Pakistan said Saturday that two children in its southern Sindh province had been paralyzed by poliovirus, bringing the total number of cases nationwide to 39 for the year since March, when officials confirmed the first case.
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