ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan’s capital Islamabad has reported its first poliovirus case in 16 years, taking the tally to 17 across the country this year. The victim is an eight-year-old boy in Islamabad’s Union Council Rural 4, the Pakistan Polio Eradication Program said in a statement. “This is the first human case reported fro...
ATHENS (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has stressed the need for a cease-fire in Gaza to allow children to be vaccinated against poliovirus. “The quick spread of polio threatens all children in Gaza, already weakened by displacement, deprivation & malnourishment,” he stated on X. Urging an immediate three-day cease-fire, indep...
