KARACHI: Another polio case has been reported in Sindh, making the second case in the province.
A child in Larkana, Sindh, has been diagnosed with polio, marking the second case in the province this year.
The first polio case of 2025 in Pakistan was reported from Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
In 2024, 74 polio cases were reported in the country out of which 27 were reported from Balochistan, 22 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 23 from Sindh.
In addition, a case of polio was reported last year from Punjab and Islamabad last year.
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Earlier, Government of Sindh, in collaboration with its partners, is launching a targeted polio vaccination campaign, the first phase of which is in 27 high-risk union councils of Karachi from February 22nd, to strengthen children’s immunity and curb the transmission of the poliovirus.
This first phase of the campaign aims to vaccinate 562,163 children under the age of five with Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) and administer Fractional Inactivated Polio Vaccine (fIPV) to 521,953 children aged 4 months to under 5 years using painless jet injector technology.
As Pakistan’s largest and most densely populated city, Karachi remains a crucial battleground in the fight against polio. The city’s frequent population movement contributes to the persistent presence of poliovirus in environmental samples.
