Jail for refusing immunisation
Hyderabad Deputy Commissioner issued warning on Monday in light of Sindh Immunization and Epidemics Control Act, 2023
A health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a door-to-door polio vaccination campaign. PHOTO: AFP
HYDERABAD:
Parents refusing immunisation of their children against polio will be punished with up to one month imprisonment and Rs50,000 fine, read an official notification issued by the Hyderabad district administration on Monday. Hyderabad Deputy Commissioner Tariq Qureshi issued warning on Monday in the light of Sindh Immunization and Epidemics Control Act, 2023. An official, requesting anonymity, told that cases of refusal surface not only from the neighbourhoods populated by poor people in Hyderabad but also from the posh areas.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 30th, 2024.