Four new cases push polio tally to 63

Author: Agencies

Pakistan has confirmed four new cases of polio, bringing the total number of cases in 2024 to 63, according to the National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC).

The cases were reported in Dera Ismail Khan, Tank, Jacobabad, and Sukkur, marking the first polio case recorded in Sukkur.

The EOC highlighted that this is the ninth case from Dera Ismail Khan and the third from Jacobabad, while the affected child in Sukkur is a boy.

The provincial distribution of polio cases this year includes 26 in Balochistan, 18 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 17 in Sindh, and one each in Punjab and Islamabad.

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