New polio case reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

ISLAMABAD: A new case of poliovirus has been reported from Torghar district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to the National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC).

With this latest case, the total number of polio cases reported in Pakistan in 2025 has risen to 30, the EOC confirmed.

The National EOC urged parents to ensure that their children receive polio drops during every vaccination campaign and complete their routine immunization schedule on time.

The statement further emphasized that eradicating polio remains a shared national responsibility requiring collective action and sustained public cooperation.

Earlier, Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) has confirmed two new cases of poliovirus from Sindh.

According to the NIH, the new cases were detected in District Badin and District Thatta, with both patients being young girls.

With this confirmation, Sindh’s tally for the year has reached nine cases, while the national breakdown now stands at 18 cases from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, nine from Sindh, and one each from Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan.

Polio is a highly infectious and incurable disease that can cause lifelong paralysis. Health experts emphasize that the only effective protection is repeated doses of the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) for every child under the age of five, along with timely completion of routine immunizations.