Pakistan reports second polio case of 2025
The Hindu
Pakistan confirms second poliovirus case in Badin district, hindering efforts to eradicate disease, amidst vaccination campaign.
Pakistan has confirmed the second case of poliovirus as the nation struggled to eliminate the crippling disease, authorities said.
The case was reported on Wednesday (February 12, 2025).
The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health in Islamabad confirmed that the new infection of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) was reported in the Badin district of Sindh.
The first case of the year was reported earlier from Dera Ismail Khan district in South Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
In 2024, Pakistan reported 74 confirmed cases of polio, with 27 from Balochistan, 22 from KP, 23 from Sindh, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
The new infection comes at the heels of the first nationwide polio campaign of 2025, conducted from February 3 to 9, which authorities claimed successfully achieved 99 per cent of its target, vaccinating more than 45 million children.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where polio is still rampant.
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