Afghanistan, Oct. 19 -- Afghanistan confirmed a new polio case in Uruzgan province, raising the 2025 total to nine, as officials warn continued insecurity hampers nationwide vaccination efforts.
Health officials in Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan province have confirmed a new case of poliovirus, bringing the country's total number of infections in 2025 to nine.
According to local health authorities, the latest case was detected in an eight-month-old girl after medical teams from the provincial health department visited the area and verified laboratory results.
Saeedullah Mohajer, a member of Uruzgan's vaccination program, told reporters that a response team had been deployed to contain the outbreak and launch an emergency vaccination driv...