2024: Pakistan reports first polio case in Balochistan's Dera Bugti district in 13 years.
Pakistan has reported its first polio case of 2024 in a two-and-a-half-year-old child from Balochistan province. The National Institute of Health confirmed the presence of the virus in the child's samples, following which a special polio campaign will be launched in nine districts of Balochistan on March 24. This marks the first polio case in Dera Bugti district in nearly 13 years. Pakistan reported six polio cases in 2023.
March 14, 2024
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