Two youth drowned in Sita river
Kota, May 17: Two youth who have been to Sita river at Avarse for swimming drowned in the river on Thursday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Kiran Poojary (22), son of Parvati of Manikal and his cousin Vikram Poojary (22). They have been to Avarse to their relative’s house for lunch at 12.30 pm. Later, they have been to the river to take a dip. At this time, both of them drowned in the river. As they did not return even after 2 pm, the family members went towards the river to call them and found their clothes on the river bank. When the locals searched in the river, they found the bodies of the youth at 3.30 pm.
Vikram Poojary was working as a conductor in a private bus, while Kiran Poojary was working in a hotel at Sabarakatte. Both of them were the bread winners for their families. Kota police registered a case.
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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.
