As per details, the anti-polio drive will be launched from February 3 to 9. It will target over 4.54 million children across the country. Sources privy to the development said that a three-day campaign with two additional catch-up days will be carried out in general areas of the country. A five-day campaign followed by two […]
The campaign primarily aimed to vaccinate 36,360,037 children, but only 35,712,922 children were successfully vaccinated which indicates that 98 percent of the vaccination target was achieved, the sources said. They added 739,201 children were not available for vaccination during the polio campaign in Pakistan while 71,330 parents refused to allow their children to receive the […]
The National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) for Polio Eradication reported that a one-and-a-half-year-old infant in the Chaman district’s Qila Abdullah neighborhood has been affected by polio. The information indicated that this is the seventh case reported from the Kila Abdullah area. In total, Balochistan province has recorded 27 polio cases thus far in the current […]
According to information provided by Adeel Tasawar, the charge of the anti-polio initiative in Punjab, 1.193 million children in Lahore have received the drops. Similarly, in Rawalpindi, 577,000 children were vaccinated against polio. In Multan, 751,000 children received the polio drops. Faisalabad saw 867,000 children vaccinated during this campaign. Adeel Tasawar mentioned that today marks […]
As per details, two individuals in Karachi were arrested for refusing to vaccinate their children against polio. The suspects, identified as Saad Ashraf and his employee Shan, were apprehended by Nazimabad police. Both have been booked under charges of interfering in state matters. The ongoing campaign marks the final polio vaccination drive of the year, […]
The extension came during the meeting of the Emergency Committee of the WHO held on November 6 regarding the international spread of poliovirus at WHO headquarters, according to a statement. The Emergency Committee reviewed the data on wild poliovirus (WPV1) and circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV). The Secretariat presented a report of progress for affected IHR […]
According to the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) for Polio Eradication, the newly reported cases emerged from Dera Ismail Khan, Kemari, and Kashmore. The NEOC confirmed that all affected children tested positive for Wild Polio Virus Type 1. Balochistan leads with 26 polio cases, followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 16, Sindh with 15, Punjab with […]
According to sources, the National Reference Lab confirmed the cases, which were detected in Dera Ismail Khan’s Tehsil Darazinda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The new cases include a three-year-old boy and a one-and-a-half-year-old girl, both of whom tested positive for Wild Poliovirus Type 1. Sources revealed that the genetic analysis of the virus is currently underway. So […]
According to NEOC sources, the National Reference Lab identified the latest case involving a 20-month-old girl from the Tank district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Tests confirmed the presence of Wild Poliovirus Type 1 (WPV1). This is the second polio case reported from Tank this year, with a genetic link established to a case from July in […]
The new cases have emerged from Jacobabad, Karachi’s Malir district, and Dera Ismail Khan. In Jacobabad’s Thul tehsil, a 32-month-old girl and an 18-month-old boy were diagnosed with polio, while in Karachi’s Bin Qasim tehsil of Malir district, a 72-month-old boy tested positive for the virus. Meanwhile, in Dera Ismail Khan, a 22-month-old boy was […]
