US EditionPakistan’s polio fight suffers a blow with 2 new cases reported in the south
Two new polio cases in Sindh raise Pakistan's 2025 total to 29 amid vaccine refusals and attacks on health workers hindering eradication efforts.
- The Pakistan Polio Eradication Program reported two new poliovirus cases in Sindh on October 13, 2025, raising the 2025 total to 29.
- Vaccine-Refusal data show nearly 35,000 parents in Sindh province refused vaccination, mostly in Karachi, while the September 1 to 7 Sindh campaign left many children unvaccinated, officials said.
- Lab confirmation showed the Regional Reference Laboratory, National Institute of Health in Islamabad detected infections in young girls from Badin and Thatta districts; this year includes 18 cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, nine in Sindh, and one each in Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan.
- The National Emergency Operations Centre announced an Oct. 13 to 19 nationwide campaign aiming to immunize about 45.4 million children with more than 400,000 health workers mobilized.
- On the regional scale, Pakistan and Afghanistan remain the only countries where wild poliovirus transmission has never been stopped, with Pakistan averaging about three new polio cases each month since January after a 2021 near-eradication milestone and 99 cases last year.
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Two New Cases of Polio Takes Nationwide Tally to 29 in Pakistan
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nationwide tally of poliovirus cases in Pakistan has risen to 29. The development has come days after poliovirus case was confirmed in Sindh's Hyderabad. World News | Two New Cases of Polio Takes Nationwide Tally to 29 in Pakistan.
Two new polio cases confirmed in Sindh
Two fresh cases of poliovirus have been confirmed in Sindh's Badin and Thatta districts, taking the nationwide tally for 2025 to 29 and the provincial total to nine, the National Institute of Health (NIH) said on Monday. The development comes only days after another case was reported in Sindh's Hyderabad district. According to an NIH statement: "With these two cases, both girls, the total number of polio cases in Pakistan in 2025 has reached 29,…
Pakistan reports two new polio cases in Sindh, tally reaches 29
Peshawar: Pakistan has reported two new polio cases in its southwestern Sindh province, taking the total number of cases in the country this year to 29, the National Institute of Health (NIH) said on Monday. The cases have been reported in Sindh’s Badin and Thatta districts, the NIH confirmed in a press release. “With these two cases, both girls, the total number of polio cases in Pakistan in 2025 has reached 29,” the release said. Also ReadJais…
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Pakistan's polio fight suffers a blow with 2 new cases reported in the south
Pakistan has reported two new polio cases in Sindh province, according to health officials. This brings the total to 29 cases across the country since January, despite several immunization drives.
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