Five sportsmen from Alvas selected for Asian Junior Games
Moodbidre, June 02: Five sportsmen from Alva's educational institution have been selected to represent the nation in the 18th Asian Junior Athletic Games, which will be held from June 6 to 10 in Gifu, Japan.
These athletes have won medals at the South Asian Games held in Sri Lanka last month, and qualified for the Asian Games.
Prajwal Mandanna in 100m, Ashish in Shotput, Shubha V in 400m. Anamika in Shotput and Abhinaya Shetty will be representing India in high jump. The chairman of Alva's institution Dr. M Mohan Alva appreciated the athletes over their achievements.
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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.
