Pakistan detects first polio case in 15 months: Report

Apr 23, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], April 23 : Pakistan detected country's first case of polio after over a year, with the paralysis of a 15-month-old boy in...

Israel detects first polio case since 1989

Mar 07, 2022

Jerusalem [Israel], March 7 : Israel's Ministry of Health on Sunday said that a new case of polio has been detected in a 4-year-old...

Pakistan's polio tally reaches 43 with latest case in Balochistan

Oct 31, 2024

Pakistan has reported a new polio case in Balochistan's Chagai district, raising the country's total number of cases this year to 43, as per...

Pakistan reports 41st polio case of 2024

Oct 26, 2024

The Pakistani government, in its bid to tackle the virus's spread, will start a nationwide anti-polio vaccine campaign on October 28.

Afghanistan reports first polio case of 2023

May 14, 2023

The country's Ministry of Health under the caretaker Taliban regime said the first incidence of polio in Afghanistan since 2023 has been detected.

Shehbaz Sharif convenes emergency meeting after polio case re-emerges in Pakistan

Apr 24, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 : Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday convened a meeting of the National Task Force on Polio after the...