Takhar public hospital is currently experiencing a surge in patients from Taluqan city and its surrounding districts.

The case was reported in Door Baba district in Nangarhar, doctors said on Sunday. It was the fifth polio case.

Officials have said at least 91 people have been infected with the disease across the country in the past month

These women often forgo seeking medical attention due to the lack of access to healthcare and the severe shortage of.

The survey found 31.5 percent of mothers give birth at home without a midwife and 33.7 percent give birth in.

Two doctors and four staff members contracted the highly infectious disease through contact with an infected patient

Doctors said that a four years old child has tested positive for poliovirus in Behsud district in Nangarhar.

Health authorities say 10 people with the haemorrhagic fever have been admitted to the Abu Ali Sina Hospital in Mazar.

Doctors said that a 2.5 years old child has tested positive for poliovirus in Nazian district in Nangarhar.

The organization said reported a 282.5% increase in cases in April, against March, putting the number of infected at almost.