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| Anti-polio drive put off in Rawalpindi |
| 2013-11-19 |
| [Pak Daily Times] The district health authorities on Monday postponed the anti-polio ...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set... drive in the city and Cantonment areas, keeping in view the situation emerged after the Raja Bazaar tragedy. However, ars longa, vita brevis... the five-day campaign scheduled to start from November 18, would continue in the remaining parts of the district. Talking to APP, District Health Officer Dr Javaid Hayat said the drive was still on in all tehsils. He expressed the confidence that the health teams would commence the anti-polio drive in Rawalpindi and Cantonment areas by tomorrow (Wednesday). He said the health officials had been directed to remain vigilant, particularly in areas where polio virus was found during last year's campaign. He said that all possible steps had been taken by the Health Department to make the campaign a success. Javaid said that as many as 1,365 mobile teams had been constituted for the door-to door vaccination of children. "Besides, 350 special centres have been set up to facilitate parents so that their children can be vaccinated in nearby areas." To a question, he said that sufficient quantity of vaccine was available, and that no stone would be left unturned in efforts to make the campaign a success. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 They Murder Polio workers, let their children die. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-11-19 11:21 |