During 2025… polio cases in Pakistan will decrease by half

Polio cases declined in Polio, which is run by the Pakistani government.

The announcement came two weeks after Pakistan launched its latest nationwide polio vaccination campaign this year, targeting 45 million children.

World Health Organization

The coordinator of Emergency Operations CenterNational Polio Eradication Anwarul Haq, "The authorities have recorded 30 cases of the disease, and it is likely to cause paralysis in 2025, a decline from 74 a year ago."

According to the World Health Organization, Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan are the only countries where polio has not been eradicated.

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