ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Dr Zafar Mirza has turned down inkling shaped by a section of the press while reporting of new polio cases that any new polio related travel restrictions had been imposed on Pakistan.
In a statement, Dr Zafar said World Health Organization Emergency Committee recommendations were first made in May 2014, and had since then been periodically reviewed and extended for all the countries infected by poliovirus.
Dr Zafar said “Government of Pakistan followed the same instant as a conscientious member of the international society and has been doing so since then,” the statement read.
He fully refuted the reports of any additional recommendations imposed by the WHO committee for incoming international visitors traveling to Pakistan.
The statement further said more than 500,000 Pakistani obtain the polio vaccine for 12 months validation earlier to depart from Pakistan. Around 180,000 travelers of all ages are additionally vaccinated every month at Pak-Afghan border crossings.
Pakistan’s Polio Eradication Programme officials said “Our efforts have already in progress through the successful December NID that was inaugurated by the Prime Minister in the Federal capital and all the chief ministers in respective provinces.
A total of 40 million less than 5 year age children were successfully reached and vaccinated to protect them against the poliovirus.
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