Thousands of children left unvaccinated in KP polio drives over ‘flimsy’ demands

PESHAWAR: As Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has stayed polio-free this year so far, experts associated with vaccination campaigns are frustrated with new reasons for refusal of parents against the immunisation of children, exposing them to poliomyelitis, a crippling childhood ailment.

During the last two anti-polio campaigns conducted in April and June, about 21,459 children remained unvaccinated due to flimsy demands of people in exchange of allowing immunisation of their children.

According...