The health authorities confirmed the boy had been diagnosed with paralysis in right leg. Sources said the last polio case was reported in Jan 2017 in Lodhran district where a baby was declared positive for the polio virus. The surfacing of the new case in Punjab's capital has put a big question mark on the performance of provincial health authorities who are already facing allegations of taking inadequate precautionary measures.
It may be noted that 29 environmental samples of polio virus were reported positive in Punjab last year. Seven environmental samples drawn from various cities of the province in Jan 2017 alone were declared positive. Of them, four were reported positive in Lahore, two in Rawalpindi and one in Faisalabad.