- Confirmed polio cases in Qambar, Mandi Bahauddin.
- Third case in Sindh, first in Punjab in 2025.
- Pakistan registered 74 cases of polio throughout the country in 2024.
Karachi: The authorities have confirmed two new cases of polio in Pakistan, one from the Qambar district in the district of Sindh and Mandi Bahauddin in Punjab, which raises the total number of cases in 2025 to five.
According to the regional reference laboratory for the eradication of polio at the National Health Institute (NIH), this marks the third case of Poly in Sindh and the first in Punjab this year.
Last year, Pakistan reported a total of 74 cases of polio. Of these, 27 were from Baluchistan, 23 of Sindh, 22 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one from 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.
Poly is a paralyzing disease without a cure and the completion of routine vaccination for all children under five only provides them with a high immunity against this terrible disease.
In Karachi, the sources informed PakGazette News earlier this month that 197,461 children remained without vaccinating during the city’s polio eradication campaign.
Health authorities have urged parents to ensure that all children under five receive the vaccine during the campaign.
