• Afghanistan: no WPV1 cases and no WPV1-positive environmental samples. The most recent case was on October 24, 2025. There were 13 cases in 2025.
• Benin: no cVDPV2 cases and no cVDPV2-positive environmental samples. There were three cases in 2025.
• Pakistan: no WPV1 cases and eight WPV1-positive environmental samples. The most recent case was on December 14, 2025. There were 31 cases in 2025.
• Somalia: one cVDPV2 case and two cVDPV2-positive environmental samples

Other polio news:

The Government of Japan, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has provided $6.3 million to UNICEF to to reach over 12 million children under five, to renew its partnership on polio eradication and to strengthen routine immunization across all 34 provinces of Afghanistan. The urgency is intensified by the August 2025 earthquakes, which damaged health facilities and disrupted essential systems and services and the return of millions of people to Afghanistan, many of them children with limited or interrupted access to essential healthcare. Japan has been a key partner of UNICEF in Afghanistan for more than two decades, supporting vaccine procurement, cold chain systems and immunization programs.

You can get the latest statistical updates at: https://polioeradication.org/about-polio/polio-this-week.