Polio case reported from Chagai
Polio vaccinators, carrying bag of vaccines and documents to collect data, walk through a neighbourhood in Karachi at the start of a nationwide inoculation drive. Photo: Jalal Qureshi/express
Another polio case was reported in Balochistan's Chagai district on Wednesday, raising the national count for the year to 43, according to the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where polio remains endemic, and vaccination teams are frequently targeted by militants waging a campaign against security forces.
On Monday, Pakistan launched a week-long vaccination campaign with the aim of immunising more than 45 million children under the age of five.
"The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute in of Health has confirmed the detection."