
Pakistan reported seven wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases this week, and Afghanistan reported one, all part of an ongoing spike, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) said in an update yesterday.
And three African countries—Chad, Niger, and Nigeria—reported three, one, and five circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) cases, respectively.
39 WPV1 cases in Pakistan, 23 in Afghanistan
The seven WPV1 cases in Pakistan, with paralysis onsets in August and September, are from Balochistan in the Quetta, Pishin Noshki and Chaman districts; two are from Sindh in the Sanghar and Mirpurkhas districts; and one is from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Lakkimarwat. The new cases bring this year's WPV1 total to 39.
The one WPV1 case in Afghanistan, from Hilmand province in the Masaqalah district, takes the country's total WPV1 cases to 23 this year.
In Chad, 3 new cVDPV2 cases in N'Djamena, Ouaddai, and Chari Baguirmi provinces in July and August boost the country's 2024 total to 11. Niger's 1 cVDPV2 case was reported in Zinder province in August, bringing the country's case tally to 10. With Nigeria's 5 new cVDPV2 cases—which were reported in August and September in Sokoto, Gombe, Jigawa, and Kaduna states—the country's case total is now 66.