JALALABAD (SW) – Following deadly assault on teams of polio vaccination in Nangarhar, officials said work was underway on plan to ensure safe delivery of vaccines to the children.
According to the local officials, polio vaccination process has been delayed across Nangarhar since the attack, leaving some 350,000 children out of the vaccine.
Ataullah Khogyani, spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar, has said the local administration was trying to take care of the families of the martyred vaccinators in the first place.
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“We have coordinated between relevant agencies and donor agencies on how to implement the polio vaccine. We need to do more in this regard, trying to stop such terrorist attacks and bring the perpetrators to justice”, he said.
Najibullah Kamwal, chief of operations for the polio vaccine in the eastern zone, told Salam Watandar that there were no plans in place to vaccinate deprived children. “In a situation where security is dire, we have no short-term plan. We will share with you what the ministry decides in the future”, he said.
Residents of Nangarhar are also concerned after the killing of health workers and have called on the government and the people to work together to ensure the safety of health workers.
No group has not yet claimed responsibility for the attacks in Nangarhar province.
Four members of the polio vaccination team were gunned down and three more wounded by unknown assailants on Tuesday in Nangarhar province.
Back in March, three members of polio vaccination team, all female, were shot dead by unknown assailants in the same province.
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