Govt says ample security arrangements in place

Two cases each confirmed in K-P, FATA and one each in Sindh and Punjab.

Initiative will also help counter refusals by parents to administer vaccines of polio and other preventable diseases

As many as 35 cases of refusals were reported by vaccinators in the recent polio drive

The camps will be established by the ministry’s Emergency Operation Centre for polio in collaboration with Unicef

Technical Advisory Group is being requested to discuss polio eradication strategy in light of security situation

Govt needs to focus on how to neutralise the perceptions that are allowing polio to have a stranglehold on Pakistan

Child not administered polio drops during the routine immunisation campaign

Twenty six months old infant detected with crippling virus in Brab Chah area of Chagai district

Health officials say refusals, cultural norms and security issues responsible for increasing polio cases.