Overview
- The WHO‑accredited national lab in Islamabad confirmed Friday two wild poliovirus cases detected by surveillance in Bannu and North Waziristan.
- The infections involve a five‑month‑old infant and a two‑year‑old girl, lifting this year’s tally to three after an earlier case in Sindh’s Sujawal.
- The National Emergency Operations Centre said a special campaign later this month will deliver polio drops to nearly 19 million children in selected districts.
- Environmental monitoring has found poliovirus in wastewater at 40 sites across 23 districts in 2026, a sign that transmission continues in some areas.
- Health authorities point to access and security limits in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that hinder door‑to‑door vaccination as the higher‑risk season approaches.