polio

News Desk Karachi: Two new polio cases have been reported in Sindh, bringing the total number of cases in Pakistan this year to 39, according to the National Institute of Health. The latest cases involve a girl from Sanghar district…

APP Islamabad: The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, confirmed a new case of wild poliovirus type-1 (WPV1) in Quetta, Balochistan. The child developed paralysis on…

APP Peshawar: Another case of polio has been reported in the Kohat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, raising the total number of cases in the country to 23 this year. The National Institute of Health (NIH) confirmed that a ten-month-old…

APP Peshawar: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Bajaur district saw two casualties, including a police constable and an anti-polio campaign worker, during an attack by unknown assailants on Wednesday. The deceased were part of an escorting anti-polio…

News Desk Rawalpindi: The 7th anti-polio campaign commenced in Rawalpindi today, with the aim of vaccinating 786,000 children. Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Engr. Amir Khattak inaugurated the campaign by administering polio vaccines…

APP Islamabad: A first group of children received polio vaccinations in besieged Gaza on Saturday, ahead of the official start of a much-anticipated United Nations-led campaign set to begin Today (Sunday). Children at Nasser Hospital…

News Desk Karachi: On the first day of a special polio vaccination drive in Karachi, 27 percent of parents refused to vaccinate their children, as reported by officials from the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI).  The campaign,…

News Desk Dadu: The polio virus has been detected in environmental samples from the Masan Mohalla area of Dadu, Sindh, official sources confirmed on Tuesday.    This is the first time this year that the virus has been identified in…

APP Hyderabad: The regional reference laboratory for polio eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad has confirmed the detection of poliovirus in environmental samples from Hyderabad and Jamshoro districts this…

News Desk  Islamabad: The polio virus has been confirmed in a one-and-a-half-year-old child from Union Council Hasanzai Urban-II in district, Balochistan.  This recent case has increased the total number of polio cases in Pakistan for…