A new polio case has been reported in Nangarhar province, bringing the total number of positive cases to five in Afghanistan this year, all of them from Nangarhar.
An official within the Public Health Ministry told TOLOnews that this case was reported in the Dur Baba district of Nangarhar province.
TOLOnews contacted the affected child, Marwa, who is age six, Marwa is from Goroko village of Dur-Baba district of Nangarhar.