New poliovirus cases and positive environmental isolates this week:
- Afghanistan: one WPV1 case and no WPV1-positive environmental samples. The number of WPV1 cases in 2025 is seven. There were 25 in 2024.
- Algeria: no cVDPV1 cases, no cVDPV1-positive environmental samples, no cVDPV2 cases and one cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
- Angola: one cVDPV2 case and no cVDPV2-positive environmental samples
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic: one cVDPV1 case (the first case in the country this year and is a new emergence)
- Nigeria: two cVDPV2 cases and two cVDPV2-positive environmental samples. The number of cases in 2025 is 37. There were 98 in 2024.
- Pakistan: no WPV1 cases and 32 WPV1-positive environmental samples. The number of WPV1 cases in 2025 is 29. There were 74 in 2024.
You can get the latest statistical updates at: https://polioeradication.org/about-polio/polio-this-week.
In other Polio-related news:
- The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) published an updated Action Plan. Click here for more information.
- Hexavalent vaccines noted by TIME magazine as one of the best inventions of 2025
Rotary’s World Polio Day Online Global Update is coming up next week on October 24th. It will be streamed on RI’s Facebook pages in multiple languages and time zones around the world. Download planning and publicity resources here. Schedule your club’s presentation on The Rotary Foundation’s work to End Polio Now. Contact your District’s Rotary Foundation Chairperson, PolioPlus Chairperson, or Zone End Polio Now Coordinator for additional information or for a presentation to your clubs or district.