The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) on Wednesday confirmed a new polio case from District Torghar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), which is a 7th case of the current year, 2025.

It is the second polio case of current year from KP. The second nationwide anti-polio campaign of the current year started on April 21, will be continued till April 27.

During this ongoing campaign 45.4 million children under the age of five years across the country will be administered the anti-polio vaccine doses.

Another nationwide anti-polio campaign will start on May 26 and continue till June 1. District Torghar is included in both these anti-polio vaccination campaigns, along with all other districts of the country.