Pakistan, May 2 -- Pakistan's National Emergency Operations Center for Polio Eradication (NEOC) has confirmed two new cases of wild poliovirus from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

According to NEOC, one case was reported in Bannu and another in North Waziristan, in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where access constraints continue to aid poliovirus transmission, posing a continued risk to children's well-being.

The affected children belong to Jani Khel union council of Bannu and Garyom union council of North Waziristan districts.

Pakistan has reported three polio cases so far in 2026. Since the launch of Pakistan's Polio Eradication Initiative in 1994, due to the medical science behind polio vaccines, Pakistan has reduced polio cases by 99.8% - from 2...