64-year-old woman in Kasaragod dies after suffering cobra bite
Kasaragod: A 64-year-old woman, Chomu, a resident of Kurudupadavu near Paivalike in the district, who was bitten by a snake at home at around midnight on Wednesday, died in hospital.
The deceased Chomu felt a prick on her hand while sleeping at home on Wednesday. Waking up and suspecting that she was bitten by a living being, she complained about it to her brother, who was sleeping next to her. When they checked in the room, the family found a cobra nearby.
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Chomu was immediately taken to hospital with the help of the neighbours but could not be saved.
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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.
