Pakistan launches first anti-polio drive of 2025

Gunmen kill a police officer working on Pakistan's first polio drive of the year
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed on Monday a police officer working on Pakistan's first polio vaccination drive of the year, police said. Pakistan has deployed thousands of police officers to protect health workers posted to go house-to-house to inoculate children and are targeted by militants who falsely claim the vaccination
Pakistan: Pakistan launches first anti-polio drive of 2025 amid surge in cases
Pakistan on Monday kicked off its first anti-polio drive of 2025 after witnessing a sharp increase in polio cases last year. Over 45 million children under the age of five will be immunized with the anti-polio vaccine during the campaign which will continue till Feb.
Pakistan Taliban kill police polio escort as vaccination drive starts
The Pakistani Taliban claimed the killing of a police officer as he travelled Monday to guard polio vaccinators on the first day of a nationwide immunisation effort after a year
Pakistan Taliban kill cop guarding polio team
The Pakistani Taliban claimed the killing of a police officer as he travelled Monday to guard polio vaccinators on the first day of a nationwide immunisation effort after a year of rising
Pakistan police officer killed in shooting as polio vaccination drive starts
A Pakistan police officer travelling to guard polio vaccinators was shot dead Monday, police said, on the first day of a nationwide immunisation effort aft..
Policeman escorting polio team killed in Pakistan
A policeman was killed in firing by unidentified militants in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday morning, official sources said. The incident happened at about 9:20 am local time (GMT 0420) in the Khyber district where the policeman,
Pakistan police officer killed as polio vaccination drive starts: police
A Pakistan police officer travelling to guard polio vaccinators was shot dead Monday, police said, on the first day of a nationwide immunisation effort after a year of rising cases.
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