Pakistan
Polio vaccination team targeted in Pakistan
A polio team was attacked in Pakistan's Korangi district, marking yet another incident where people deployed to administer the life-saving drops to children were targeted.
Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan remain the only two countries where polio remains endemic.
In both nations, polio vaccination teams are targeted.
According to the police, when polio workers visited a family in a locality in Korangi to administer vaccines, the family’s men and women physically attacked them and snatched their mobile phones, reported Geo News.
Two cops and same number of polio vaccination workers were injured in the attack.
Additional security reached the spot and police arrested six people, including four women, for their alleged involvement in the attack.
"The family refused to allow their children to receive the polio vaccination and polio workers were attacked with sticks during the incident," SSP Korangi told Geo News.
Pakistan is witnessing a surge in polio cases this year.
Sixty four cases have been reported so far from different corners of Pakistan this year.
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