Pakistan confirms eighth polio case of 2026 in Khyber district
The National Emergency Operations Centre says a campaign from November 2 to 8 will reach about 24 million children under five in 97 districts
Pakistan has reported its eighth polio case of 2026, a patient from Khyber district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the National Emergency Operations Centre said on Sunday.
Six of the eight cases confirmed this year are from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and two from Sindh, according to the centre. Business Recorder and Daily Pakistan both reported the figure of eight and named Khyber district as the site of the latest case.
The NEOC said a special sub-national vaccination campaign will begin on November 2 and continue until November 8 in 97 selected districts across the country. About 24 million children under the age of five are to be given polio drops during the week-long drive.
A sub-national campaign is run in selected districts rather than across the whole country. The centre said the November round is meant to stop the spread of a disease that has no cure but can be prevented through vaccination.
The NEOC asked parents to make sure their children receive polio drops in every campaign and to complete their routine immunisation schedules on time. It also called on all sections of society to support the eradication effort.
The centre's statement did not give the age of the Khyber district patient, the patient's vaccination history, or the names of the 97 districts selected for the campaign. It also did not say when the case was detected or how it was confirmed.
The case count and the campaign schedule were issued together, as the national programme prepared for the November round. The NEOC is the body that coordinates the country's polio vaccination effort.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has now supplied three quarters of this year's caseload, with the remaining two infections found in Sindh. The eight cases reported so far in 2026 stand against a national campaign that will cover roughly 24 million children in a single week.
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