Nine more samples test positive for polio including in Peshawar
Nine more positive environmental samples for polio were detected this week, taking the tally for the current year to 185.
The total number of infected districts for the year stayed unchanged at 45, as against 126 from 28 districts during the entire 2023. Five cases of polio have been reported this year.
An official of the Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health confirmed the detection of Type-1 Wild Poliovirus (WPV1) from nine sewage samples.
“In Quetta, an environmental sample was collected from Railway Pul site and it was the 22nd positive sample from Quetta district this year. In Pishin, a sample was collected from Turwa and it was the fifth positive sample from the district this year. In Chaman, samples were collected from Army Kaziba and Hadi Packet sites and they were the 13th and 14th positive samples, respectively, from the district this year,” the official said.
“In Hyderabad, a sample was collected from Tulsidas pumping station site and it was the ninth positive sample from the district this year.
“In Mirpur Khas, a sample was collected from Ring Road Puraan site and it was the third positive sample from the district this year,” he said.
The official said two samples were collected from Karachis Keamari district, Muhammad Khan Colony and Orangi Nala sites. They were the 10th and 11th positive samples respectively for the current year.