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Oct 19, 2026 at 11:17 AM ET
Karachi reports Pakistan’s seventh polio case of this year
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Pakistan’s National Emergency Operation Centre said a six-month-old boy in Karachi’s East district tested positive for wild poliovirus, making it the country’s seventh polio case this year. The child, from Union Council Jamali Colony, was identified through the polio surveillance network, and the case was confirmed by the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institutes of Health in Islamabad.
WHO: Pakistan’s National Emergency Operation Centre
WHAT: said a six-month-old boy in Karachi’s East district tested positive for wild poliovirus, Pakistan’s seventh polio case of the year
WHEN: Oct 19, 2026
WHERE: Karachi, Pakistan
WHY: The cause of the child’s infection was not reported.
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