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Pakistan has reported its first polio case of 2025 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail (DI) Khan, according to an official statement on Wednesday.

“On Wednesday, January 22, 2025, the lab confirmed one polio case from DI Khan. The onset of the case was on January 7, 2025, making it the first WPV1 [Wild poliovirus type 1] case of 2025,” the National Emergency Operations Centre.

DI Khan was one of the districts of South KP having 11 polio cases in 2024.

In 2024, a total of 73 cases were reported. Of those, 27 were from Balochistan, 22 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 22 from Sindh, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.

Govt reaffirms its commitment against poliovirus, speaks of close collaboration with partners

Polio is a paralysing disease that has no cure. Multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five is essential to provide children high immunity against this terrible disease.

The Pakistan Polio Programme conducts multiple mass vaccination drives in a year, bringing the vaccine to children at their doorsteps, while the Expanded Programme on Immunisation provides vaccinations against 12 childhood disease free of charge at health facilities.

This year’s first Polio vaccination campaign is scheduled to be conducted from February 3–9, 2025, nationwide.

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Ubaid Ur Rahman Jan 24, 2025 12:24pm
Polio vaccine
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Ubaid Ur Rahman Jan 24, 2025 12:29pm
Polio vaccination programs conduct in Pakistan because day by day increase polio patients. One polio patient report 22 January 2025 in DI khan. In 2024 polio patient report in Balochistan, 22 in kpk.
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