New minister UT Khader arrives in Mangaluru to grand welcome
Mangaluru: Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader arrived here from Bengaluru on Saturday. Khader received a grand reception at the airport by Congress activists and well-wishers.
UT Khader was scheduled to reach Mangaluru Airport by 9 am today. But his flight was delayed due to heavy rain, following which he arrived at 11:30. Congress activists and well-wishers welcomed him by giving floral bouquets at the airport.
Later, the new minister UT Khader visited the Congress district office. The Congress activists, well-wishers and public, who had gathered in large numbers at this time, welcomed Khader.
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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.
