Vaccination urgency grows as Karachi East logs first polio case

The latest polio cases in Pakistan now total seven this year, five of them in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as the NEOC presses for vaccination.

Pakistan has recorded seven polio cases in 2026: five in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and two in Sindh.

The newest case is a six-month-old boy from Union Council Jamali Colony in Karachi East.

The NEOC said the last case from Karachi was recorded in December 2024.

The case was confirmed by the Regional Reference Laboratory at the National Institute of Health, Islamabad.

The next campaign, from November 2 to 8, aims to reach nearly 24 million children in 97 districts.

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