QUETTA, Jan. 15 -- Balochistan has made a significant breakthrough in its campaign against polio, with December 2025 environmental surveillance data showing a sharp decline in poliovirus circulation compared to last year. Health officials hailed the development as a major step toward eradicating the virus in the province.

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The December 2025 report showed that only 8.7 per cent of environmental samples - 2 out of 23 sites - tested positive for poliovirus, a drastic drop from 95.7 per cent of sites testing positive in December 2024. Authorities confirmed that no evidence of local virus transmission was found, with detected viruses traced to importation from outside Balochis...