http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CIDSNetwork/message/3559 Dear friends and colleagues,
>
>Dawn www.dawn.com is one of the prestigious newspaper
of Pakistan.
>Its
>eveninger, The Star, Karachi, had reported suspected
cases of
>smallpox in
>April 2001 from Tando Bago, Sindh, Pakistan. I
attempted to confirm
>these
>cases from the district health authorities but they
did not show any
>interest in confirming or rejecting the news report.
No further
>cases were
>however reported from the area.
>
>Now, 'Dawn' has reported Smallpox 'epidemic' in
Pakistan again. This
>time
>at Swabi, in the North West Frontier Province,
Pakistan.
>
>In order to bring it to your notice, I am pasting the
news item
>below:
>___
>
>http://www.dawn.com/2002/06/09/local23.htm
>
>SWABI: Smallpox epidemic spreading in Swabi
>By Muqaddam Khan
>
On the border with Afganistan and close to China.