ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s National Polio Laboratory has detected Type-1 wild poliovirus (WPV1) in the environmental samples collected from Bannu, Peshawar, Lahore and Swat.
“This is the seventh positive environmental sample from Bannu, third each from Peshawar and Lahore and second from Swat this year,” said officials of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination. So far, wild poliovirus has crippled 17 children in Pakistan, of which one died due to the complications of the disease. All these polio cases were reported from North Waziristan and district Lakki Marwat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, they said.
The NHS officials said a total of 10 positive environmental samples have been detected in the month of August 2022, five each from Punjab and KP, taking a tally of positive environmental samples to 21 in the year.
Of which, seven positive environmental samples were detected from Bannu, three each from Lahore and Peshawar, two each from Rawalpindi from Swat, and one each from Nowshera, Bahawalpur, Sialkot and Islamabad. In a month-wise break up, one positive environmental sample was detected in April, two in May, one in June, seven in July, and 10 in August 2022.
In 2021, 65 positive environmental samples were detected in the country”, the official added. To mitigate the risks associated in the wake of detection of poliovirus, an immediate response round (sub-national) was implemented in August. Starting from September 05, the extended outreach activities are also in progress in the districts with recent positive environmental samples.
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