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WHO EMR Polio Bulletin Issue No. 1371, Week 02 (ending on 12/01/2025)

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Highlights of the week

Wild Poliovirus

  • Two new WPV1 cases were reported in 2024 this week from Pakistan. The new cases are from Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, with date of onset on 25th November 2024 while the second case is from Karachi East Town, Sindh province, with date of onset 21st December 2024. The Karachi East index case was identified by a positive contact. The total WPV1 cases count for 2024 to date is 95 (25 from Afghanistan and 70 from Pakistan). In 2023, the total case count remains 12 (6 each from Afghanistan and Pakistan).
  • Seventeen new WPV1 positive ES reported this week from Pakistan. The newly reported WPV1 ES are: 10 from Balochistan province (one each from Kech, Quetta, Barkhan, Lasbela, Khuzdar, Ksaifulah, Mastung, Sibi, Dukki, and Noshki districts), 5 from Punjab province (one each from Gujranwala, Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Lahore, and Rahim Yar Khan districts), and one each from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (Lakki Marwat district) and from Islamabad province (Capital Development Authority district), with collection dates between 16-23 December 2024. The total ES count to date in 2024 is 721 (100 from Afghanistan and 621 from Pakistan), compared to 188 in 2023 (62 from Afghanistan and 126 from Pakistan).

Vaccine derived poliovirus (VDPV)

  • No new cVDPV isolates reported this week. The cVDPV2 cases count in 2024 to date remains 39 (35 from Yemen, 3 from Somalia, and 1 from Occupied Palestinian Territory). In 2023, the count remains 16 (8 each from Somalia and Yemen), while the cVDPV2 positives ES count in 2024 to date is 34 (17 from the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 7 from Yemen, 3 each from Somalia and Djibouti, and 2 each from Sudan and Egypt) and in 2023, the count remains 41 (16 from Yemen, 11 from Egypt, 9 from Somalia, and 5 from Sudan).
  • Advance notification: One new VDPV1 ES in 2024 reported from Pakistan, from Quetta district, Balochistan province, date of collection on 16th December 2024.