The samples were taken from February 21 to 27 and tested positive for the wild polio virus.
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Health has confirmed the presence of poliovirus in environmental samples from Badin district of Sindh.
Samples analysed at the anti-polio laboratory established in the National Institute of Health (NIH) revealed the presence of the virus.
Earlier this week, polio virus was found in nine sewerage samples of five cities of Pakistan including, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Chaman and Mastung.
The samples were taken from February 21 to 27 and tested positive for the wild polio virus.
Sources quoting the NIH report said that the polio virus was found in the sewerage of Karachi South and Korangi.
In Peshawar, the virus was detected in the sewerage of Peshawar’s Shaheen Muslim Town, while in Quetta, the virus was found in the sewerage of Sir Pul, Taosabad.
It is to be noted that Pakistan has reported two polio virus cases this year so far.
Japanese pharmaceutical factory searched over dietary supplement deaths
Japanese health officials searched a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory on Saturday after the drugmaker reported five deaths possibly linked to dietary supplements using red yeast rice, an official said.
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and the City of Osaka jointly inspected the factory in Osaka that had made the supplements containing “Beni-Koji” red yeast, suspected of having caused health damage, the ministry official said.
News footage showed officials entering the factory, and the official said the ministry could search other related locations.
The Osaka-based company could not immediately be reached for comment.
Kobayashi said on Friday it was investigating a suspected link between the products and their effects on the kidney since it received reports of kidney disease linked to the products.
As of Thursday evening, 114 people had been hospitalised and five had died after taking the supplements, which were marketed as helping lower cholesterol levels, according to the company.
Kobayashi said it is examining the earnings impact of the latest issues.
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The company has been recalling products with Beni-Koji in recent days after receiving reports of kidney ailments.
A Chinese consumers association urged consumers to stop using affected products, saying it was concerned about the risk of Kobayashi products, state media reported on Friday.
Beni-Koji contains Monascus purpureus, a red mould that is also used as a red colouring in some foods.
