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Two new polio cases raise Pakistan’s 2025 tally to 26

Irma Khan
  • Both cases involve young girls under two years of age.
  • 51 of 126 sewage samples test positive nationwide in August.
  • Karachi records half of Sindh’s 24 positive environmental sites.

ISLAMABAD: The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, has confirmed two new polio cases from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, raising the country’s tally for 2025 to 26.

The laboratory said the latest cases involve a 19-month-old girl from Union Council Mir Ali in District North Waziristan and an 11-month-old girl from Union Council Suleman Khel in District Lakki Marwat.

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