Polio Update from Rotary:Fifteen weeks in a row with no wild polio was a great run while it lasted...but SADLY a NEW CASE of wild polio showed up in Pakistan on December 14th but is only now being reported. So, the wild polio count for the 2025-year increases by one, making the Year-to-Date total for 2025 40 (31 in Pakistan and 9 in Afghanistan). This is compared to 98 for the same period in 2024. There were 2 Positive Wid environment samples both collected in Hamburg, Germany, which is a little disconcerting. There was 1 case previously collected in Hamburg on October 6th of last year and it is genetically linked to the new sample just now reported. It clearly shows that we cannot let our guard down....the virus has no borders. The dates of the most recent wild polio virus cases are: Afghanistan: 10/3/2025 and Pakistan 12/14/2025.
