Pakistan reports 41st polio case of year
This is the first polio case from Loralai and the 41st case from Pakistan at large this year.
A health worker administers vaccine drops to an infant during the ongoing anti-polio drive in Rawalpindi. PHOTO: ONLINE
ISLAMABAD:
The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) on Friday confirmed the detection of the 41st wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case in Pakistan.
The lab confirmed detection of type-1 wild poliovirus in a child from the Loralai District of Balochistan, who had an onset of paralysis on October 8, 2024.
This is the first polio case from Loralai and the 41st case from Pakistan at large this year.
So far, 21 cases have been reported from Balochistan, 12 from Sindh, six from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.