Dubai: Ms Dania Hassan, daughter of Dr. Syed Hassan from Shiruru in Udupi District, has become the only student from east coast region to be honoured with the prestigious 'Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak award for excellence' for the year 2020.

It is a prestigious award given to the best performing female students across the UAE  irrespective of their nationality. This award covers the entire expense of an academic year as an appreciation and encouragement to the students along with the trophy and a certificate.  

Dania, is presently studying in class 10 at GEMS Winchester School, Fujairah. Her Father, Dr. Syed Hassan is a native of Shiruru, Udupi district. He is Currently residing at Khorfakkan UAE, and is the President of Green Valley National School, Shiruru.

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ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.

“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.

The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.

Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.

There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.