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13%
2 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Pakistan has reported its seventh polio case of the year, with a six-month-old boy from Karachi’s East district testing positive for wild poliovirus, the National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) said on Monday.
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Centre → report → Monday
The affected child belongs to Union Council Jamali Colony and was identified through the polio surveillance network.
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child → belong → network
The case was confirmed by the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Islamabad, it said in a statement.
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it → confirm → statement
The NEOC said the child was malnourished and had fallen victim to virus circulation already present in Karachi.
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child → say → Karachi
According to an official of the polio programme, the latest case is the first reported from Karachi since December 2024.
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case → accord → December
The city has faced intense virus circulation for the past two years, although focused door-to-door vaccination campaigns and improvements in essential immunisation had contributed to a marked reduction in transmission.
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campaigns → face → transmission
Only one environmental surveillance site in Karachi tested positive in September, NEOC said, but vulnerable children remained at risk as long as the virus continued to circulate.
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virus → test → risk
A comprehensive investigation has been launched, while the Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) is assessing the “best science-based response to tackle and prevent further transmission, including targeted vaccination activities and support to strengthen routine immunisation”.
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Initiative → launch → immunisation
NEOC also underscored the importance of vaccinating children against the incurable, paralytic disease.
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NEOC → underscore → disease
Of the seven cases detected across Pakistan this year, five were from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — including four from Bannu division — and two from Sindh.
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five → detect → Sindh
The latest case has emerged about two weeks after this year’s sixth case was reported from KP’s Khyber district, where a seven-year-old boy tested positive for the disease.
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boy → emerge → disease
Polio is a highly contagious and incurable disease that can cause lifelong paralysis and, in some cases, death.
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that → cause → cases
It can, however, be prevented through safe and effective polio vaccines.
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It → prevent → vaccines
According to NEOC, Pakistan had recorded a 99.8 per cent reduction in polio cases from an estimated 20,000 in the early 1990s to 31 in 2025 and seven so far this year.
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Pakistan → accord → 2025
Four nationwide polio campaigns have already been conducted in 2026, protecting more than 45 million children multiple times, besides targeted oral and injectable vaccination activities in high-risk areas.
The next subnational campaign is scheduled for Nov 2-8 and will target nearly 24m children in 97 districts, including all districts of Karachi, in synchronisation with Afghanistan.
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campaign → conduct → Afghanistan
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