- Thitta reports the last case of Polio, explains the Pakistani program of Polio.
- Two other cases were reported in Punjab, KP.
- 2024 saw 74 cases of polio nationally; Balutchistan had the most.
Karachi: Pakistan reported its sixth case of the Sindh Thsta District on Saturday, confirmed the Pakistani polio program.
The Regional Reference Laboratory of the National Institute of Health (NIH) has verified the case, marking the fourth case of Sindh polio this year. One was reported to Punjab, and another was reported to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa earlier.
In 2024, a total of 74 cases of polio were reported through Pakistan, Balutchistan recording 27 cases, Sindh 23, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 22 and a case of Punjab and Islamabad.
Pakistan is one of the two political-endemic countries in the world, with Afghanistan, and the number of cases each year had dropped considerably in the country until the recent point in cases.
Polio case in the provinces of Pakistan
| Province | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Punjab | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sindh | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 4 |
| Kp | 33 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 93 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 22 | 1 |
| Baloutchistan | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| GB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ajk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TIC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total case | 54 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 147 | 84 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 74 | 6 |
Polio is a paralyzing disease without remedy, and the completion of routine vaccination for all children under the age of five gives them great immunity against this terrible disease.
The first national polio campaign in 2025 reached more than 45 million children earlier this month, a statement from the Pakistani Polio program.
He added that a FIPV-OPV campaign in the Quetta and Karachi division took place between February 20 and 28, vaccinating approximately 0.9 million children with injectable and oral polio vaccines for an additional increase in immunity.
In addition, a targeted vaccination activity in 104 bordering union councils in Afghanistan or in the process of making Afghan refugee camps also took place this week to reduce the risk of transflining and internal poliovirus transmission, vaccinating more than 0.6 million children.
The polio program has urged all parents to have their children vaccinated against polio on each occasion to protect them from this devastating disease.
