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  • Pakistan: 2025 Polio

    Source: https://24newshd.tv/22-Jan-2025/firs...ed-in-pakistan

    First polio case of 2025 reported in Pakistan
    By: News Desk
    Published: 10:25 PM, 22 Jan, 2025

    ​The first polio case of the year was reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district, National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) said on Wednesday.

    Pakistan is one of the last two countries in the world, alongside Afghanistan, where polio remains endemic because of challenges like security issues, vaccine hesitancy, and misinformation.

    According to the NEOC, the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at Islamabad confirmed the first wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case of 2025.

    The onset of the case was on January 7, it said, adding that DIK reported 11 polio cases in 2024.​..

  • #2
    Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International...lled-118389182


    Police officer working on Pakistan's first polio drive of the year is killed
    A police officer working on Pakistan’s first polio vaccination drive of the year was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen
    ByMUNIR AHMED Associated Press
    February 3, 2025, 1:36 AM​

    ISLAMABAD -- A police officer working on Pakistan's first polio vaccination drive of the year was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen Monday, police said.

    Pakistan deployed thousands of police officers to protect health workers who go house-to-house to inoculate children and are targeted by militants who falsely claim the vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilize children.

    The police officer was killed in Jamrud, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, local police official Jamshed Khan said.​...

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    • #3
      Polio cases recorded in 21 regions of Pakistan

      February 9, 2025
      By Fidel Rahmati

      Health officials in Pakistan have reported that the WPV1 strain of the poliovirus has been detected in 21 different regions across the country. The discovery has raised serious concerns about the ongoing spread of the virus.

      According to health authorities, the samples were collected from 21 villages in various regions, including Muzaffarabad, Dera Bugti, Islamabad, Lahore, Multan, East Karachi, Charsadda, and Peshawar. These samples were tested at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Pakistan. ...

      Last week, environmental samples from 26 other areas also tested positive for WPV1, further highlighting the persistent presence of the virus in the country. Health officials are working to contain its spread through vaccination campaigns. ...

      Afghanistan and Pakistan remain the only two countries in the world where polio has not been completely eradicated. ...



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      • #4
        Source: https://www.geo.tv/latest/590189-pak...y-climbs-to-74

        Pakistan confirms another polio case of 2024, tally climbs to 74
        Fresh case reported from Sindh's Shikarpur bringing city's total number of poliovirus cases in 2024 to two
        By Shawala Aslam
        February 11, 2025

        ​The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) confirmed the detection of the 74th wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case of 2024 in the country on Tuesday.

        The lab confirmed one polio case from Shikarpur. The onset of this case was on December 15, 2024. This is the second polio case from Shikarpur for 2024.

        Pakistan has reported a total of 74 cases in 2024. Of these, 27 are from Balochistan, 23 from Sindh, 22 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and one each from Punjab and Islamabad. So far, in 2025, only one polio case has been reported, from KP....


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