Polio this week – GPEI
Polio this week

Headlines 

  • The Global Polio Eradication Initiative wishes all of its partners, stakeholders and friends all the very best wishes for a successful 2025! 

Summary of new polioviruses this week, cases and positive environmental isolates:

  • Pakistan:  one WPV1 case and 13 WPV1-positive environmental samples
  • Indonesia:  one cVDPV2 case
  • Nigeria:  three cVDPV2 cases
  • United Kingdom (UK):  one cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
Country updates as of 08 January 2025

More information on the countries that have reported cases and/or environmental samples this week.

  • One WPV1 cases is reported this week, from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , with onset of paralysis on 9 November.  The total number of cases for 2024 is 68.
  • 13 WPV1-positive environmental samples were reported this week, collected in December, from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Punjab.

  • No cVDPV1 cases were reported this week. The total number of cVDPV1 cases in the country in 2024 remains nine.
  • Two cVDPV2 cases, with onsets of paralysis in July and November, were reported from Haut Katanga. There have been 14 cases reported in 2024.

  • One cVDPV2 case was reported this week, with onset of paralysis on 15 May, from Maluku Utara. There have been seven cases reported in 2024.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental samples were reported this week.

  • Three cVDPV2 cases were reported this week, with onsets of paralysis in late October, from Kebbi and Kano.  The total number of cVDPV2 cases for 2024 is 93.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental samples were reported this week.

  • One cVDPV2 case, with an onset of paralysis in November, is reported from Unity.  The total number of cases for last year is 10.
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental samples were reported this week.

  • One cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week, from London, collected on 11 December.