{"id":534998,"date":"2026-03-06T04:09:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=534998"},"modified":"2026-03-06T04:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:09:18","slug":"first-polio-case-of-2026-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/first-polio-case-of-2026-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"First polio case of 2026 confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>in Sindh<br \/>\n islamabad<br \/>\nPakistan\u2019s National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication (NEOC) today confirmed the first wild polio case of 2026 in a four-year-old child from Bello Union Council, Sujawal district, Sindh.<br \/>\nThe case was reported through the polio surveillance network and confirmed by the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad.<br \/>\nThe Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) is already analysing the best response to tackle and prevent further transmission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>in Sindh islamabad Pakistan\u2019s National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication (NEOC) today confirmed the first wild polio case of 2026 in a four-year-old child from Bello Union Council, Sujawal district, Sindh. 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