- Theatta reports the last case of polyomyelitis, says the Pakistan Polio program.
- Two other cases of Punjab, KP have been reported.
- 2024 saw 74 cases of polio throughout the country; Baluchistan had more.
Karachi: Pakistan reported his sixth case of the Poliovirus of the year of the Thatta District of Sindh on Saturday, confirmed the Pakistan polio program.
The Regional Reference Laboratory of the National Institute of Health (NIH) has verified the case, marking the fourth case of Polyomyelitis of Sindh this year. One was reported from Punjab, and another was reported by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa before.
In 2024, a total of 74 cases of polyomyelitis in Pakistan were reported, with Baluchistan registering 27 cases, Sindh 23, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 22, and a case of Punjab and Islamabad.
Pakistan is one of the two polyodemic countries in the world, together with Afghanistan, and the number of cases each year had decreased significantly in the country to the recent increase in cases.
Polyomyelitis cases in the provinces of Pakistan
| Province | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Punjab | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sindh | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 4 |
| KP | 33 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 93 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 22 | 1 |
| Baluchistan | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| GB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ajk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TIC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total cases | 54 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 147 | 84 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 74 | 6 |
Poly is a paralyzing disease without a cure, and the completion of routine vaccination for all children under five provides them with a high immunity against this terrible disease.
The first National Polyomyelitis campaign of 2025 reached more than 45 million children earlier this month, said a statement from the Pakistan Polyomyelitis program.
He added that a FIPV-OPV campaign in the Quetta and Karachi division was held between February 20 and 28, vaccinating around 0.9 million children with injectable and oral polyomyelitis vaccines for an additional imunity of immunity.
In addition, this week a specific vaccination activity was also held in 104 union councils that limit Afghanistan or that had field refugee camps to reduce the risk of cross -border transmission and internal poliovirus, vaccinating more than 0.6 million children.
The Polyomyelitis program urged all parents to vaccinate their children every time to keep them protected from this devastating disease.
