The Pakistani government has registered yet another polio case in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of the country, media reports said.

This is the 23rd case reported from Pakistan this year.

Pakistan is the only nation apart from Afghanistan where the disease remains endemic.

According to reports, the latest case was reported in a 10-month-old girl in KP’s Kohat.

“The rapid spread of poliovirus is a constant threat to children’s health. Children should be given polio vaccine as well as a complete immunisation course in a timely manner,” the National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) said in a statement quoted by Dawn News.

Vaccine hesitancy and security issues have hit Pakistan regularly in its bid to eradicate the disease.