The spokesperson for Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health has denied reports of two positive polio cases in Kandahar province, as he informed Khaama Press.

Sources within the provincial Department of Public Health and local media on Saturday, July 6, reported that two positive polio cases were registered in the Shah Wali Kot and Registan districts.

According to claims, these children, a four-year-old girl and a five-year-old boy, had recently arrived from Pakistan.

Meanwhile, the “Afghanistan Polio Eradication Initiative” announced the launch of a polio vaccination campaign in several provinces within a few days.