January 9, 2024
14 environmental samples come back positive for polio virus across Pakistan
The new detection brings the total number of positive environmental (wastewater) samples in Pakistan in 2023 to 112 A girl receives polio vaccine drops, during an anti-polio campaign, in a low-income neighborhood as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan, July 20, 2020. — Reuters Samples were collected from 7 cities across Pakistan. The new detections bring the tally of positive samples to 112. The samples were Wild Poliovirus type 1 (WPV1). Islamabad: As many as 14 environmental (sewage) samples of wild polio virus Type 1 (WPV1) collected from seven cities including Karachi in October tested


