ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan has reported over 60,000 polio vaccine refusal cases during the anti-polio drive held from April 21 to 27, 2025, local media reported quoting well-placed sources.
As per details, a total of 60,906 cases of polio vaccine refusal were reported during the second nationwide polio eradication campaign.
The highest number of refusals came from Sindh province, where 39,073 such cases were recorded — over 37,000 of them from Karachi alone.
Balochistan reported over 3,500 cases of anti-polio vaccine refusal. In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the polio vaccine refusal rate was reported at 0.4%.
Cases of parental refusal to the anti-polio vaccine were also reported in Punjab and Islamabad.
Vaccine hesitancy remains a major concern for the authorities, which continues to pose a significant threat to polio eradication efforts in the country.
Polio
Polio is a paralyzing disease that has no cure. Multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five is essential to provide children high immunity against this terrible disease.
