Moodbidri: Youngster succumbs to gas leak from geyser
Moobidri: An 18-year-old youngster, identified as Shariq, lost his life due to suffocation caused by a gas leak from a geyser. The incident occurred on Sunday night at Kotebagi, where Shariq, son of D. Ansar, had entered the bathroom for a routine bath.
Shariq did not exit the bathroom within a reasonable time raising doubts about his well-being. Upon breaking open the bathroom door, it was discovered that Shariq had succumbed to poisonous gas inhalation from the malfunctioning geyser.
Shariq, who had recently completed second PUC was a first-year Degree student. Shariq fell victim to the accidental gas leak within his own home.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
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.
