QUETTA: Pakistan has reported the second polio case of 2024, according to a health official report on Friday.

The second case of crippling disease of polio was reported in Chaman’s Mir Ali Zai area where a four-year-old boy was confirmed with the disease.

Earlier on Thursday, a spokesman for the National Ministry for Health said first polio case of 2024 in Pakistan was reported in Dera Bugti. A two-and-a-half-year-old child from Dera Bugti was confirmed with the poliovirus.

It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan reported six polio cases in 2023. Earlier on February 26, a week-long nationwide anti-polio drive began in the country to administer vaccine drops to children under five years of age.