8,000 Police Guard Polio Teams in Karachi After New Case
Over 8,000 police personnel have been deployed to protect polio vaccination teams in Karachi, Pakistan. The move follows a new polio case reported in Khyber district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which was confirmed by the national polio emergency centre a day earlier.
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Context: Polio is a viral disease that can cause permanent paralysis, mostly in young children. Pakistan and Afghanistan are among the few countries where it still spreads, so door-to-door vaccination drives there often need police protection.
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