Polio virus has been found in sewerage of the major cities of Pakistan, citing sources, VOS News reported on Tuesday.
As per media reports, the samples taken from Karachi, Okara, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Jacoabad, Islamabad, Kohat, Quetta, Peshawar and Sibi sewerage, tested positive, pushing the number of the positive polio virus samples to 46 this year.
The samples were taken from February 13 to 20 February. For the first time in 2024, the sample taken from Islamabad’s Sabzi Mandi tested positive for the crippling disease.
On February 26, a week-long nationwide anti-polio drive began across Pakitan to administer vaccine drops to children under five years of age.
