LAHORE: Around 16,000 children were not provided polio vaccine during the recent campaign in October in Balochistan, Chief of Emergency Operation Cell (EOC) Faisal Ahmed told a private TV channel.
According to Emergency Operation Cell’s data, around 16,000 kids below the age of five year remained deprived of polio vaccine.
About 11,000 children could not be provided polio vaccine because they were not at home during the campaign during the campaign conducted in October this year in Balochistan. “Approximately 5,000 children were not able to get polio vaccine as their parents refused to get them vaccinated for polio virus. Among them 30-40 per cent people refused polio vaccine for their kids on religious basis,” said Faisal Ahmed. Faisal Ahmed also said that more than 2.4 million children below the age of five years were provided polio vaccine in Balochistan during the campaign.
