Polio Update For The Week ending 2/21/26
No new Wild Polio paralysis cases reported this week. We are now 9 weeks since the most recent report of a child being paralyzed by the Wild Polio Virus in Pakistan.
Pakistan - Health workers reach more than 45 million children
Health workers across Pakistan embarked on the country’s first nationwide immunization campaign to reach more than 45 million children with polio vaccine. All sectors of civil and public society are regularly mobilized, including through Rotary International, to make such campaigns a success.
2026 Wild Polio Case Total – 0
2025 Wild Polio Case Total 44 - Afghanistan 13 - Pakistan 31
2024 Wild Polio Cases Total 99 - Afghanistan 25 - Pakistan 74
