Polio -virus in sewer samples from seven districts of Pakistan

Islamabad, June 21 (IANS). The National Institute of Health (NIH) said in a report on Saturday that wild polioirus was found Type 1 (WPV1) in environmental samples collected from seven districts of Pakistan. According to the regional reference laboratory for eliminating polio eradication of NIH in Islamabad, these samples were collected between May 8 and 23 under the Pakistan’s continued environmental monitoring program. The report said that Gwadar of the South-West Balochistan Province and Rawalpindi of the eastern Punjab Province, South Waziristan top and South Waziristan of the North-West Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, were confirmed in sewer samples from the South Waziristan and South Waziristan. It is said that reports of samples taken from the pishins of the Lahore and the Balochistan Province of the province of Punjab have become negative. According to health officials, the Pakistan polio erasing program in 2025 conducted three nationwide vaccination campaigns, with the cooperation of more than 400,000 workers in the front of more than 45 million children under the age of five. According to the report of the news agency Xinhua, the program has implemented a strict vaccination strategy since September 2024, causing a steady decline in polio cases and positive environmental samples across the country. According to the program, since the beginning of 2025, 12 new cases of polio viruses have been reported in Pakistan. Health officials have requested all parents and caregivers to ensure that their children receive polio supplements during each campaign. He emphasized that repeated vaccination is the only effective way to protect children from this disease. Wild polyovirus Type 1 (WPV1) is the only naturally found strain of polio virus, which still spreads worldwide. It is a very contagious virus. It mainly affects children under the age of five and can cause paralysis. There is no cure for this, but vaccination can prevent the disease. Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has been working on polio camping since 1988 and has achieved significant progress in reducing its number of cases by more than 99.99 percent. -Ians Aks/ABM shares this story tags