ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported the second polio case of 2025 as confirmed by the Nationwide Institutes of Well being’s (NIH) Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication.
The brand new polio case was reported from Sindh’s District Badin was verified by the lab. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district reported the yr’s first case, the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication.
There have been 74 polio instances recorded in 2024, the earlier yr. Of them, one every got here from Punjab and Islamabad, whereas 27 got here from Balochistan, 22 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and 23 from Sindh.
In keeping with authorities, the primary nationwide polio marketing campaign of 2025 has been efficiently concluded, with 99% of the targets achieved throughout the nation.
The marketing campaign was carried out from February 3 to 9, 2025. Throughout this marketing campaign, greater than 45 million youngsters had been administered the polio vaccine.
In each marketing campaign, this system ensures that youngsters underneath 5 years obtain polio drops, to guard them from the crippling results of the polio virus.