- Two new cases reported in the south of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- An infected child identified in the Umerkot district of Sindh.
- Ongoing vaccination in border areas.
Islamabad: at least three new cases of poliovirus have been confirmed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh on Sunday, bearing the National Cost of Pakistan to 17 for the year 2025.
The regional reference laboratory for the eradication of polio at the National Health Institute confirmed cases detection in Lakki Marwat, in northern Waziristan and Umerkot.
According to a press release, the cases were detected in a 15-month-old girl from UC Takhtikhel in the Lakki Marwat district, a six-month-old girl from UC Mir Ali-3 in northern Waziristan, and a 60-month-old boy from UC Chajro in the Umerkot district, Sindh.
“With these new detections, the total number of polio cases in Pakistan in 2025 has increased to 17 – including ten from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, five from Sindh, and one from Punjab and Gilgit Baltistan,” said the press release.
“Polio is a very infectious and incurable disease which can cause life paralysis. The only effective protection is by repeated doses of the oral polio vaccine (OPV) for each child under five during each campaign, as well as the timely completion of all essential immunizations,” he said.
Meanwhile, a special vaccination campaign is currently underway from July 21 to 27 in the neighboring Union councils, synchronized with the Afghanistan infranational polio campaign.
“In addition, an IPV-OPV fractional campaign began in the Chaman district on July 21 and will take place in the other Balutchistan districts from July 28, according to the press release.
