Pakistan's anti-polio drive suffers a blow after a northern enclave reports first case in 7 years

Pakistan efforts to eliminate polio have suffered another blow after a northern enclave reported its first case in seven years. Overall, it was the country’s 11th case since January, despite the launch of several immunization drives. The virus was detected in a child from the district of Diamer in the Gilgit-Baltistan region, according to the country’s polio eradication program. Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan remain the only two countries where the spread of the wild polio virus has not been stopped. The new case reported on Monday came after Pakistan wrapped up its third nationwide polio vaccination drive of the year over teh weekend, aiming to immunize 45 million children.