Rangers book man accused of cursing polio workers

KANDHKOT: Rangers on Friday have arrested a man in relation to allegedly abusing two women polio workers in the Kandhkot area of Sindh.

It was reported by the police that the suspect identified as Umer “allegedly abused the two polio workers after refusing to have children administered with polio drops”.

“He slapped the two women who had come into the house and locked them in,” police added.

A case has been registered against the suspect.

On Monday, the government had launched an anti-polio campaign across the country.

While speaking to Associated Press, Dr Rana Safdar, the campaign’s national coordinator, had remarked that “the campaign was launched amid tight security in 89 districts and towns with a total of 110,000 health workers who will fan out to vaccinate 19.2 million children”.

Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a crippling childhood disease caused by the poliovirus and preventable through immunisation. Affecting mostly children under the age of five, polio — which has no cure and can only be prevented by giving a child multiple vaccine doses — can lead to irreversible paralysis.