Islamabad, Aug. 13 -- Pakistan has recorded a decline in the presence of the polio virus in environmental samples, the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) said here on Tuesday.
Out of 127 sewage samples collected from 87 districts, only 42 tested positive for the virus, while 75 samples were polio-free. Results for 10 samples are still awaited.
All tests were conducted at the National Institute of Health's Polio Regional Laboratory in Islamabad, which plays a key role in monitoring environmental surveillance to detect poliovirus circulation, Pakistani media reported.
As of now, the total number of polio cases in the country has risen to 19 in 2025, as per Samaa news.
Last week, the regional laboratory of the National Institute ...