Three more polio cases reported from Pakistan, bringing the number of total patients in the country this year to 59.
The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of three wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan, bringing the number of total cases in the country this year to 59. The lab confirmed one polio case each from DI Khan, Karachi Keamari and Kashmore.
The genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children show that they are genetically linked to the same WPV1 virus genetic cluster which has been prevalent in the country all year. DI Khan, one of the seven polio endemic districts of southern K-P, has now reported eight polio cases. The Keamari area of Karachi has three cases, while Kashmore was first polio case this year.
Pakistan is responding to an intense resurgence of WPV1 this year with 59 cases reported so far. Of these, 26 are from Balochistan, 16 from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 15 from Sindh, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
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.
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