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Pakistan Polio Vaccination

Peshawar: Once again a new case of polio has come to light in Pakistan. After the arrival of the new case, the total number of cases this year has increased to 68. Polio cases are no less than a big shock for Pakistan. According to the National Institute of Health, the country’s premier hospital, the new infection has emerged in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. So far this year, 27 cases have been reported in Balochistan, 20 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 19 in Sindh, one each from Punjab and Islamabad.

Government’s efforts suffered a setback

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had met health workers a few months ago and asked them to go door-to-door to administer polio vaccination so that no child is left deprived. Polio is a paralyzing disease for which there is no cure and the only way to prevent its infection is the anti-polio vaccine.

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Pakistan Polio Vaccination

resistance to medication

Meanwhile, let us also tell you what happens in the name of polio in Pakistan. A few months ago, there was firing on a team that had gone to administer polio medicine in Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. One officer had died in this. There are many groups in Pakistan who remain enemies of the polio campaign. This is the reason why polio has not been eradicated in Pakistan yet. There are many people in Pakistan who associate polio medicine with Islam and oppose giving polio medicine to children.

opposition to fundamentalists

It is noteworthy that the fundamentalists of Pakistan believe that polio drops make a person impotent. He says that this is a big conspiracy to reduce the population of Muslims. In the last 12 years, 109 people have lost their lives in the polio campaign. Many people have been kidnapped. 284 people associated with the polio campaign have been killed in Pakistan, including 166 policemen and 87 health workers. (Language)