Aftermath: Polio drive postponed

It has taken place as usual in Korangi and East districts.


Ppi March 27, 2015

KARACHI:


The ongoing police vaccination drive was stopped in district Malir following the bomb attack on a police van near Landhi on Friday morning.


Health service director Zaffar Aijaz said the polio campaign is not carried out in areas where there is a security issue, according to their rules and procedures. This is why the polio drive was stopped in Malir district on the third day of the four-day drive, he explained. It has taken place as usual in Korangi and East districts.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 28th, 2015.

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