Pakistan records 14th polio case so far in 2025

ISLAMABAD, July 2 (Xinhua) -- As Pakistan continued to battle a crippling disease, the country recorded another polio case, increasing the overall tally to 14 so far in 2025, the Health Ministry said.

The new case was reported from the northwest North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as health officials confirmed the detection of type 1 wild poliovirus in a 19-month-old girl.

So far, eight cases have been reported from the province, four from the southern Sindh province and one from the eastern Punjab province and the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region each.

Special polio vaccination campaigns will soon kick off in 11 union councils of North Waziristan district, health officials said. Enditem