The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of the 74th wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case of 2024 in the country.
On Tuesday, February 11, 2025, the lab confirmed one polio case from Shikarpur. The onset of this case was on December 15, 2024. This is the second Polio case from Shikarpur for 2024.
Pakistan has reported a total of 74 cases in 2024. Of these, 27 are from Balochistan, 23 from Sindh, 22 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad. So far, in 2025, only one polio case has been reported, from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Polio is a paralyzing disease that has no cure. Multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five is essential to provide children high immunity against this terrible disease.
