Pakistan polio snapshot – September 2021

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for September 2021

In September:

• No case of WPV1 was confirmed
• 41.5 million children were vaccinated during NIDs.
• 0.8 million children were vaccinated at 72 Permanent Transit Points

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