ISLAMABAD: The poliovirus has been detected in environmental samples collected from all four provinces of Pakistan.
The Regional Reference Laboratory has confirmed the presence of the polio virus in samples collected from 25 districts across the country.
The samples were collected from sewage lines between February 3 and 12, and the results revealed the presence of Wild Poliovirus Type 1 in several districts.
The poliovirus has been detected in environmental samples of 13 districts of Sindh province, four districts of Punjab, five districts of Balochistan and three districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
In Sindh, District Central, East, Keamari, Korangi, and Malir, Hyderabad, Badin, Jacobabad, Jamshoro, Mirpurkhas, Sajawal, Dadu, and Sukkur, were found to have polio-positive sewage.
In Punjab, four districts, including Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, and Gujranwala, had polio-positive sewage.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, three districts, including Peshawar, Dera Ismail Khan, and Lakki Marwat, were found to have polio-positive sewage.
Similarly, in Balochistan, five districts, including Quetta, Chaman, Loralai, Noshki, and Zhob, had polio-positive sewage.
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A total six polio cases reported this year so far out of which four cases reported from Sindh, one from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one from Punjab.
