ISLAMABAD:
The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication on the Nationwide Institute of Well being (NIH) has confirmed detection of untamed poliovirus sort 1 (WPV1) in sewage samples of 12 cities.
In line with official sources, 15 environmental (sewage) samples had been collected from 14 districts between February 17 and February 26 and had been examined on the NIH lab throughout the previous week.
The samples from Multan, Bahawalpur, Lahore, D.G.Khan, Kasur, Dera Bugti, Lasbela, Quetta, Sibi, South Waziristan Decrease, Charsadda and Swabi had been examined optimistic whereas samples from D.I.Khan, South Waziristan Decrease and North Waziristan examined destructive for poliovirus.
They stated that Pakistan’s polio surveillance is among the many world’s finest, with the most important and most delicate detection system.
They stated that this system has expanded its environmental surveillance websites from 65 in 2021 to 127 in 2025.