INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The World Health Organization (WHO) has actually validated the 2nd case of polio in Afghanistan for the year 2025
The case was identified in March in Helmand province.This follows the initially reported case in the Bala Murghab district of Badghis
province, where a five-year-old girl was detected with the virus.Additionally, 18 environmental samples checking favorable for the polio
virus have been reported in provinces consisting of Kandahar, Helmand, Kabul, Laghman, Nangarhar, and Zabul.Afghanistan and Pakistan stay
the only countries where polio has not been eradicated.Polio is a viral disease for which there is no cure, and vaccination is the only way
to safeguard children from it.The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan : : s Public Health Ministry has not yet commented.The post WHO confirms
second Polio case in Afghanistan initially appeared on TINS News|Afghanistan News.
