Another polio case surface in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Another polio has reported in Pakistan, which has increased the number of cases from across the country to 48 this year.

According to an official of the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC), the lab has confirmed ‘WPV1’ wild poliovirus type one.

A case of polio was reported in a 28-month-old boy from Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. DI Khan is one of the polio-affected districts of South Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

This is the third polio case from Dera Ismail Khan and the 48th case in Pakistan this year. Genetic evaluation of samples collected from the child is underway.

According to an official of NEOC laboratory, 23 polio cases have been reported from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 10 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.

It should be remembered that yesterday a case of polio was reported from Ghotki district of Sindh, this is the first case of polio from Ghotki.

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Earlier,  Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan, bringing the number of total cases in the country this year to 45.

The lab confirmed the cases from Lakki Marwat, where a girl child is affected, and from Dera Ismail Khan, where a male child is affected.

Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway.