ISLAMABAD, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The National Institute of Health (NIH) of Pakistan has confirmed two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases of 2025.
According to an NIH statement released late Thursday, the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the institute confirmed one case each from southern Sindh province and eastern Punjab province.
"This is the third polio case from Sindh and the first from Punjab this year," said the statement, adding that 5 polio cases have been reported in the country so far in 2025.
A total of 74 polio cases were reported in Pakistan last year.
The Pakistan Polio Program had conducted multiple mass vaccination drives last year, bringing the vaccine to children under the age of five at their doorsteps.
The first nationwide polio campaign of 2025 had already reached over 45 million children with the vaccine earlier in February, added the statement. ■
