43rd polio case reported in 2024 from Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of the 43rd Wild Poliovirus Type-1 (WPV1) case in Pakistan.
On Wednesday, October 30, 2024, the lab confirmed the presence of Type-1 Wild Poliovirus in a child from Chagai District, Balochistan. This marks the first polio case reported from Chagai and the 43rd case nationwide this year.
To date, 22 cases have been reported from Balochistan, 12 from Sindh, seven from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad. Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the child is currently underway.