Thorough Investigation To Be Made Into Polio Vaccine Reaction Incident: Babar

Prime Minister's Focal Person on Polio Eradication Babar Bin Atta on Monday said a thorough investigation would be made into the incident of polio vaccine reaction in some schools of Peshawar

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Apr, 2019 ) :Prime Minister's Focal Person on Polio Eradication Babar Bin Atta on Monday said a thorough investigation would be made into the incident of polio vaccine reaction in some schools of Peshawar.

"Parents must know that it is a completely safe vaccine and this single incident being reported from particular schools in Peshawar while the whole country is in national polio campaign, will be thoroughly investigated," Babir Bin Atta said in a statement while reacting on protests in Peshawar against polio vaccine reaction.

He said right now all the affected children were stable and were to be discharged probably on Monday. "We will go to the bottom of this matter and the investigation will be made public as soon as possible." He said, "Challenges remain in fully eradicating the virus, however, the Federal and provincial governments stay firmly committed to defeating the virus forever.

The country now has one of the best opportunities to stop transmission of the polio virus." He said, "It is high time that we all gear up to collectively fight the virus and provide support to our brave frontline workers so that they can reach and vaccinate every single Pakistani child." He expressed the hope that all segments of society would come forward to support the programme during the final push against polio.

He said polio was a highly infectious disease caused by polio virus mainly affecting children under the age of ten years.

He said the disease invaded the nervous system, and could cause paralysis or even death. "While there is no cure for polio, vaccination is the most effective way to protect children from this crippling disease," Babar added.