SWABI: Unidentified gunmen opened fire and killed two Polio workers here in Parmoli area today.
According to details a lady health worker was killed on the spot while another was severely injured who was taken to Kalu Khan Hospital. Later the injured Polio worker was shifted to Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries.
Meanwhile, forensic experts found three bullet shells from the scene of crime. Security in the area has been beefed-up.
Relevant pieces published earlier:
Polio outbreak in Pakistan: WHO extends travel restrictions
ISLAMABAD: WHO has extended travel restrictions due to frequent outbreak of Poliovirus in all provinces of Pakistan.
According to details WHO, that was not content over outbreak of vaccine-derived Poliovirus Type 2 (cVDPV2) and upsurge in Wild Poliovirus Type 1 (WP1) cases, has extended travel restrictions on Pakistan for another three months. WHO noted that the progress made in recent years appeared to have reversed and the risk of international spread was at the highest point since 2014.
It is pertinent to mention here that in 2019, Pakistan documented 134 WP cases that was only 12 in 2018. Due to many reasons a large number of kids were not administered the drops. The situation was worse in Punjab and KP. Many religious extremists misguide people saying that:
i) Anti-Polio drops would render them infertile;
ii) The drops contain some sort of hi-tech chips that would remain in the body for ever enabling the ‘Jews’ track their movements;
iii) The drops contain ‘haram‘ ingredients (for instance pig fat);
iv) Osama Bin Laden was trapped by a Polio party, so it is inevitably anti-Islam matter.
Due to travel restrictions residents and long-term visitors (i.e. four weeks) of all ages, will have to receive a dose of bivalent oral poliovirus vaccine (bOPV) or inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) between four weeks and 12 months prior to international travel. It is pertinent to mention here that the travel restrictions had been imposed on only three countries (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria).
Polio: 7 cases reported from across Pakistan
20th December, 2019
With the seven new cases of polio reported from across Pakistan, the tally of polio cases in the country this year augments to 111.
Of the seven cases that were reported on Wednesday, four were reported from KP — three from Laki Marwat district and one from Tank. The remaining three victims failed from Badin district in Sindh, one from Nasirabad and one from Balochistan’s area Mastung
Of the 111 cases to have been reported t during 2019, 79 are from KP, 17 from Sindh, nine from Balochistan, and six from Punjab.
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