Three additional cases of polio are reported in Pakistan, bringing the total to 59 in 2024.

The National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) for Polio Eradication reports that Dera Ismail Khan, Kemari, and Kashmore are the sources of the recently reported cases.

The NEOC verified that every child afflicted had a positive test result for Wild Polio Virus Type 1.

With 26 polio cases, Balochistan is the leading state, followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (16), Sindh (15), Punjab (1), and Islamabad (1).

Through vaccine drives and public awareness campaigns, health authorities are still working to stop the virus’s spread.

International organizations are concerned about the recent increase in polio infections in Pakistan, which is worth addressing here.

Sources claim that the international group has urged Pakistan to take urgent action.

According to sources, Pakistan has promised international groups that it will act quickly to contain polio.

Moreover, these polio virus-fighting organizations are probably going to Pakistan later this month.

Risk factors and symptoms
The virus that causes polio is extremely contagious. It can cause complete paralysis within hours after invading the nerve system.

Through the fecal-oral pathway or, less frequently, a common vehicle (such as tainted food or drink), the virus spreads from person to person and multiplies in the intestine. The first signs are fever, exhaustion, headache, nausea, neck stiffness, and limb discomfort.

Irreversible paralysis is caused by one in 200 illnesses, generally affecting the legs. Five to ten percent of paralyzed people die as a result of their respiratory muscles becoming immobile.

Children under the age of five are the disease’s primary victims. The disease can, however, infect unvaccinated people of any age.

The debilitating illness can only be avoided; there is no known treatment. Multiple doses of the polio vaccination can provide lifelong protection.

Both the inactivated polio vaccine and the oral polio vaccine are available. In order to provide the best possible protection for populations, both are safe and effective, and they are employed in various combinations around the world, depending on local epidemiological and programmatic circumstances.