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. 2021 Jan;93(1):141-143.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.26240. Epub 2020 Jul 11.

COVID-19 in Pakistan: Impact on global polio eradication initiative

Aleena Haqqi  1 , Sarmad Zahoor  2 , Muhammad Nauman Aftab  3 , Imran Tipu  1 , Yasir Rehman  1 , Haroon Ahmed  4 , Muhammad Sohail Afzal  1
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COVID-19 in Pakistan: Impact on global polio eradication initiative

Aleena Haqqi et al. J Med Virol. 2021 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Global Polio Eradication Initiative; Pakistan; SARS-CoV-2; epidemiology; polio; public health.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there are no conflict of interests.

Figures

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Figure 1
Number of COVID‐19 confirmed cases in Pakistan (From 1st March 2020 to 19th June 2020). *Data collected from National Institute of Health, Pakistan (NIH)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Number of confirmed polio cases in Pakistan (From the year 2014 to 19th June 2020). *Data collected from Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme
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