In a troubling report, the National Institute of Health (NIH) confirmed that environmental samples from 52 districts across the country contained poliovirus.
According to the most recent research, poliovirus was found in ten environmental samples that were taken from seven more locations, including Rawalpindi and Islamabad. This new finding emphasizes the ongoing danger of polio in different regions of the nation.
- On July 3, environmental samples collected from the sewage of Islamabad’s vegetable market were found to have the polio virus.
- The poliovirus strain reported in Islamabad and the Safdarabad neighborhood of Rawalpindi are identical, according to genetic study.
- Testing for the poliovirus in environmental samples from Loralai has also shown positive.
- Samples from Haji Murid Goth, Khamisu Goth, and Hijrat Colony in Karachi were found to contain the virus.
- Dadu has also disclosed that environmental tests tested positive for the poliovirus.
- The virus was found in Hyderabad’s pumping station and Risala line’s sewage water.
