15-year-old boy drowns in well
Bantwal: In a tragic mishap, a 15-year-old boy drowned while swimming along with his friend in a well near Vitla on Sunday.
The deceased has been identified as Dakshan (15), a Pilanji resident.
Due to vacation at school, three boys went to the well to play together on Sunday. Later two boys went in the well for swimming.
Soon after entering the well, both the boys started drowning. The other boy, who was standing nearby, started shouting for help. Soon, the locals came for the rescue of the drowning boys and saved one among them. But Dakshan could not be saved, said police.
Vitla police visited the spot and conducted the investigation. A case has been registered at Vitla police and investigation is on.
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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.
