Sewage Samples Test Positive for Poliovirus from 4 Districts

End Polio Pakistan
Jan 19, 2025

Sewage Samples Test Positive for Poliovirus from 4 Districts


  • In the past week, the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in environmental samples collected from 4 districts between December 18 – 24, 2024.
  • Sewage samples collected from Lakki Marwat, Khairpur, Tando Allah Yar, and Tando Muhammad Khan have tested positive for WPV1.
  • These are the first positive sewage samples from Khairpur, Tando Allah Yar, and Tando Muhammad Khan for 2024.