Parents refuse polio drops for over 2,000 children in Karachi

KARACHI: Over 2000 children remain unvaccinated in the city as their parents did not allow health workers to administer anti-polio drops during the recent drive, health ministry sources...

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February 24, 2014

Parents refuse polio drops for over 2,000 children in Karachi

KARACHI: Over 2000 children remain unvaccinated in the city as their parents did not allow health workers to administer anti-polio drops during the recent drive, health ministry sources said.

According to sources, the drive was carried out in 14 most sensitive Union Councils (UCs) of the metropolis under tight security on Sunday in which 365,000 children were administered anti-polio drops.

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