KARACHI: Two more polio cases have surfaced in Pakistan, rising the total number of polio cases to five this year so far.
Polio cases have been confirmed in Qambar Shahdadkot District of Sindh and Mandi Bahauddin area of Punjab.
The third polio case of this year has surfaced in Sindh and the first polio case of Punjab has surfaced, after which the total number of polio cases has increased to 5.
The disease has crippled hundreds of children worldwide, but now it existed only in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
It is to be remembered that last year, 74 polio cases were reported in the country, of which 27 were reported from Balochistan, 22 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 23 from Sindh.
One each case was reported in Punjab and Islamabad last year.
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Earleir, a 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.
