Claims of poliovirus detected in Kolkata sewage sample not true: Official Sources

Jun 15, 2022

New Delhi [India], June 15 : Government officials on Wednesday refuted media reports that claimed the presence of vaccine-derived poliovirus in the sample of...

Poliovirus detected in 7 Pakistani cities after testing sewage samples

Aug 02, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 2 : Pakistan Federal authorities on Tuesday confirmed that poliovirus was detected in seven cities in several provinces of the country...

Pak: Poliovirus detected in sewage samples from 3 districts in Sindh, Balochistan

May 23, 2024

The Pakistan Polio Programme has conducted four polio vaccination campaigns this year, including two nationwide campaigns that reached over 43 million children under the...

Pak: More poliovirus detected in sewage samples from Quetta, concerns rise

Apr 22, 2024

According to Regional Reference Lab for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health, these samples were genetically linked to the imported YB3A cluster...

Pakistan: 28 sewage samples test positive for wild poliovirus

Feb 04, 2024

As many as 28 environmental samples collected from Pakistan's 19 districts in January and two collected from Quetta and Khuzdar in December have tested...

WHO announces 37 sites testing sewage for polio amid rising cases

Jun 12, 2023

The World Health Organization (WHO) said that it has 37 sites across Afghanistan to collect sewage samples and check for the presence of poliovirus...