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Karachi records first polio case in over 1.5 years bringing national total to seven

Pakistan has recorded its seventh polio case of the year after a six-month-old boy from Karachi's East district tested positive for wild poliovirus. The diagnosis marks the city's first reported case in more than a year and a half, joining five cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and another in Sindh. Further details regarding vaccination history and local containment measures have not been specified.

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2 differing positions reported on timing across 2 publishers; unresolved.
  • expressthis year
  • dawnin over 1.5 years
WhereKarachi
24.861, 67.010 ±10 km
First reported6 days ago
Published2026-10-19 18:38 UTC
Sources2
How this travelled.
Reports2Independent tellings2
2 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Karachi records first polio case in over 1.5 years bringing national total to seven. 2026-10-19T18:38:10.548Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:6500. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-19/karachi-reports-its-first-polio-case-in-over-1-5-93ab9674

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