KARACHI: Pakistan has confirmed two new cases of poliovirus in the southern province of Sindh, raising the nationwide tally this year to 29, the National Institute of Health (NIH) said on Monday.
The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the NIH said the new infections were detected in two girls, one each from the Badin and Thatta districts of Sindh, as the country continues its efforts to eradicate the crippling disease.
“With these two cases, both girls, the total number of polio cases in Pakistan in 2025 has reached 29 – including 18 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, nine from Sindh, and one each from Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan,” the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) said in a statement.
Authorities conducted a Sub-National Polio Vaccination Campaign across 88 districts in September, including Badin and Thatta, which “successfully reached nearly 21 million children under the age of five,” according to the NEOC.
The next nationwide campaign will run from Oct. 13–19 and aims to vaccinate around 45.4 million children under five.
