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Panel recommends action against people involved in polio scare |
2019-04-27 |
[DAWN] PESHAWAR: A committee of senior health officials formed by government to investigate the polio![]() scare on Monday last has recommended legal proceedings against the union council members, owners of private schools and individuals involved in the propaganda against the vaccine. The committee also suggested adopting a comprehensive strategy to woo the parents to vaccinate their children to eradicate the vaccine-preventable childhood ailment. It said that use of loudspeakers in mosques should be regulated and standard operating procedures for prayer leaders should be put in place to prevent propaganda against the anti-polio vaccine. |
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