Dubai: The Taliban has stopped the polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan. The United Nations gave this information on Monday. Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only two countries where polio has not been completely eradicated. The news of stopping it just before the vaccination campaign starts in September has been given to the United Nations agencies and no reason has been mentioned behind it.
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There has been no immediate response from the Taliban government in this regard. A top official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that he has received information about discussions about vaccination at places like mosques instead of going door-to-door. The World Health Organization has confirmed 18 cases of polio in Afghanistan this year. Many problems have been seen in the polio eradication campaign after the knock of the Kovid-19 epidemic. The World Health Organization has also expressed concern over this.
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Meanwhile, let us also tell you here that Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries in the world where polio cases are still present. Nigeria has been declared polio free in the year 2020. In Afghanistan, there have been frequent attacks on polio teams and the teams providing them security. Rumors have a big role behind this. The polio eradication campaign is said to be a conspiracy of the western world to keep children away from getting polio doses. Misconceptions are spread that this will make children impotent or cause disorders in their bodies.
