Poliovirus Found In Karachi's Sewage Line

KARACHI: The Wild Poliovirus Type-1 was detected in an environmental sample collected from a sewage line in Karachi's Landhi area in August, Pakistan's National Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, confirmed, Geo News reported.

Officials of the federal ministry of National Health Services said this was the first positive environmental sample from Sindh this year. As many as 11 positive cases of poliovirus have been reported in Pakistan during August alone, while the total number of cases reported so far this year is 22. Of the 11 cases detected in August, five each were from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab while Sindh reported one case. The federal ministry's officials said the environmental sample that was found positive in Karachi was collected on August 23 from the Bakhtawar village in the Landhi area of Karachi, Geo News reported.

"This is the first positive environmental sample from Karachi in 2022. The previous positive sample from Karachi was reported in May 2021. The last wild poliovirus case from the district was reported in June 2020. The recent polio campaign in the district was conducted from August 15-21," an official said. IANS

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