Afghanistan Records Two New Polio Cases as 2026 Total Rises to Six
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported two new cases of polio in Afghanistan, bringing the total number of positive cases in the country to six this year. Afghanistan has 34 cases in 2026. According to the World Health Organization, in 2025, a total of 21 human positive cases and 94 environmental cases were registered in Afghanistan. Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only two countries where polio has not been eradicated, according to t…
Afghanistan Records Two New Polio Cases as 2026 Total Rises to Six
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed two new polio cases in Afghanistan, raising the total number of infections recorded in the country this year to six. The World Health Organization says two new cases of wild poliovirus have been detected in Afghanistan, underscoring continuing challenges to eradicating the disease in one of the last countries where polio remains endemic. According to the latest WHO bulletin, the new cases were id…
WHO Reports Two New Polio Cases in Afghanistan, Total Reaches Six
Afghanistan has recorded two new cases of wild poliovirus, bringing the total number of infections this year to six, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest update. The post WHO Reports Two New Polio Cases in Afghanistan, Total Reaches Six appeared first on KabulNow.
Polio cases in Afghanistan rise to six in 2026 as two new cases confirmed
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the number of confirmed polio cases in Afghanistan has risen to six in 2026, following the detection of two new infections in the country. According to the WHO, one of the newly confirmed cases was identified in Nari district of Kunar province, while the other was reported in Nahr-e-Siraj district of Helmand province. The organization also stated that 34 positive environmental samples of wil…
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