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Karachi reports first polio case in nearly two years

Pakistan Published 19 October 2026, 17:56 · archived 19 Oct 2026

A six-month-old boy from Karachi East has been diagnosed with polio, prompting renewed calls for vaccination Pakistan has reported its seventh polio case of 2026 from Karachi East, marking a resurgence of the disease in the city after nearly two years, the National Emergency Operations Center for Polio Eradication (NEOC) said on Monday. The affected child is a six-month-old boy from Union Council Jamali Colony in Karachi East, Sindh. The case was detected through the polio surveillance network and confirmed by the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of...

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