PESHAWAR:
The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) has confirmed two new poliovirus cases from South Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, from District Tank and North Waziristan.
According to a statement issued here on Tuesday, the recent polio cases include a 16-month-old girl from Union Council Mullazai, District Tank, and a 24-month-old girl from Union Council Miran Shah-3, District North Waziristan.
With these detections, the total number of polio cases in Pakistan in 2025 has reached 23 — including 15 cases K-P, six from Sindh, and one each from Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Despite significant progress, the continued detection of polio cases, particularly in Southern K-P, remains a serious concern.
However, the National and Provincial Emergency Operations Centres (EOCs) are taking all possible measures to ensure the implementation of high-quality vaccination campaigns, the statement added.
