Another polio case in DI Khan takes 2024 tally to 72

ISLAMABAD: Polio cases continue to emerge unabated, with the country reporting another wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case, raising last year’s total to 72.

The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Era­dication at the National Institute of Health confi­rmed the detection of the latest case from Dera Ismail Khan district in Khyber Pakh­tunkhwa, marking the 11th case from the area.

“The latest victim is a female child from Dera Ismail Khan. The sample was collected on December 31...