The National Institute of Health has confirmed two new cases of poliovirus from Sindh, raising Pakistan’s total polio count in 2025 so far to 29, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported. According to the NIH, the new cases were detected in Badin and Thatta districts, with both patients being young girls.

With this confirmation, Sindh’s tally for the year has reached nine cases, while the country-wide breakdown shows 18 cases in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, nine in Sindh, and one each in Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan.

Polio is a highly infectious and incurable disease that can cause lifelong disability. Health experts emphasise that the only effective protection is repeated doses of the Oral Polio Vaccine for every child under the age of five, along with timely completion of routine immunizations.

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