The third wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case of the year surfaced in Larkana, Sindh, the Regional Reference Laboratory (RRL) for polio eradication in Islamabad reported on Saturday.
This is the second polio case reported from Sindh this year, bringing the total number of
cases to two in Sindh and one in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Last year in 2024, a total of 74 cases were reported. Of these, 27 were reported from Balochistan, 22 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 23 from Sindh and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
Polio cripples a child with no cure.
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