#poliocases

News Desk Islamabad: As Pakistan continues its robust poliovirus surveillance, 15 environmental (sewage) samples collected from 14 districts between February 17 and February 26 were tested at the polio lab at the National Institute of…

News Desk Islamabad: Female frontline workers across Pakistan shared their experiences in the Polio Eradication Programme, highlighting both their sense of fulfillment and the challenges in convincing families to vaccinate their…

APP Islamabad: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration is set to launch its anti-polio campaign starting from February 3, aiming to vaccinate 461,125 children across 80 union councils in the Federal Capital. In this…

APP Peshawar: A new case of polio has been confirmed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), pushing the province’s infection count to 10 for the year, officials reported Saturday. The latest case involves a 28-month-old boy from Behram Union…

News Desk Islamabad: The National Institute of Health's Regional Anti-Polio Laboratory has confirmed the presence of the poliovirus in environmental samples from 20 districts in Pakistan. The virus was detected in sewage samples from…

APP Islamabad: The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) has confirmed the 43rd case of Wild Poliovirus Type-1 (WPV1) in Pakistan. This case was identified in a child from the…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan is witnessing a troubling surge in polio cases, with four new infections reported from Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, according to the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Islamabad. These latest…

APP Karachi: Two new polio cases have been reported in Sindh, raising the country’s total count to 26 for the year amidst a concerning surge in the virus. According to media reports, a seven-year-old girl in Karachi East and a…

APP Islamabad: Health officials reported two new polio cases on Tuesday, bringing the total number of polio cases in Pakistan this year to 26. The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health…

APP Peshawar: The District Police Officer (DPO) of Bannu terminated the services of 11 police officials on Monday for failing to comply with official orders. The dismissed personnel had been instructed to perform security duty for…