ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Two more children have been paralyzed by wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in Pakistan.
According to the Regional Reference Laboratory at the National Institute of Health, a minor girl from Zhob district of Balochistan and a boy from Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) have been affected, taking the number of total cases in 2024 to 28.
This is the second polio case reported from Zhob, where a child was affected by polio earlier in July, and the first case from Tank.
The virus had been found in sewage samples from both districts previously, indicating continued polio transmission and risk to children’s health.