Pakistan Confirms Seventh Polio Case of the Year in Karachi East
The latest polio cases in Pakistan now total seven this year, with a six-month-old boy in Karachi East among them and five cases in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
The NEOC confirmed Pakistan's seventh polio case of this year on Monday, in Karachi East, Sindh.
The patient is a six-month-old boy from the Jamali Colony union council.
Five of the seven cases are in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, and two are in Sindh.
Karachi's previous reported case was in December 2024.
The next vaccination round runs from November 2 to 8, targeting close to 24 million children in 97 districts.