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WHO EMR Polio Bulletin Issue No. 1372, Week 03 (ending on 19/01/2025)

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Highlights of the week

Wild Poliovirus

  • Three new WPV1 cases were reported this week from Pakistan. The new cases are: Two cases from Sindh province (one each from Jacobabad and Thatta districts), and one case from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (Dera Ismail Khan district), with dates of onset between 10th – 31st December 2024. The Thatta index case was identified by positive contact. The total WPV1 cases count for 2024 to date is 98 (25 from Afghanistan and 73 from Pakistan). In 2023, the total case count remains 12 (6 each from Afghanistan and Pakistan).

  • Seventeen new WPV1 positive ES reported this week; 13 from Afghanistan and 4 from Pakistan. The newly reported WPV1 ES from Afghanistan are: 4 each from Kandahar province (all from Kandahar district), and Hilmand province (2 each from Nahr-e-Saraj and Lashargah districts), and one each from Laghman province (Mehtarlam district), Baghlan province (Pul-e-khumri district), Nangarhar province (Batikot district), Badghis province (Qala-e-New district), and Zabul province (Qalat district), with collection dates between 21-23 December 2024. While the newly reported WPV1 ES from Pakistan are: 3 from Sindh province (one each from Khairpur, Tando Allahyar, and Tando Muhammed Khan districts), and 1 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (Lakki Marwat district), with collection dates between 18-24 December 2024. The total ES count to date in 2024 is 738 (113 from Afghanistan and 625 from Pakistan), compared to 188 in 2023 (62 from Afghanistan and 126 from Pakistan).

Vaccine derived poliovirus (VDPV)

  • No new cVDPV cases 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).

  • Three new cVDPV2 positives ES samples reported this week from Occupied Palestinian Territory. The newly reported ES are all from Gaza Strip province (Two from Deir El Balah and one from Khan Younis districts) with collection date on 7 th December 2024 for all samples. The count of cVDPV2 ES in 2024 to date is 37 (20 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).