Islamabad, March 15 -- Pakistan's Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the country's National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of poliovirus in sewerage lines across 12 districts of three provinces, as reported by ARY News.

ARY News reported that the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) for Polio has confirmed the presence of Wild Poliovirus Type 1 in the environment samples.

According to sources referred to by ARY News, the Regional Reference Laboratory has confirmed the presence of the polio virus in samples collected from 12 districts of the country.

Notably, these samples were collected from sewage lines between February 17 to 26, and the results revealed the presence of Wild Poliovirus Type ...