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Polio guard shot dead in Pakistan on first day of new vaccination drive Ben Farmer, Islamabad 25 September 2018 • 4:30pmGunmen shot dead a policeman guarding health workers as Pakistan began another nationwide vaccination drive.The policeman named Mohammad Sarfraz was shot dead in the Bajur region of the country's north west on the first day of a campaign to vaccinate 39 million children under 5.Anwarul Haq, a local official, told Associated Press that suspects had been seized after the killing in the village of Badam.(snipped)Pakistan along with Afghanistan and Nigeria are the only countries where polio remains endemic. Only four cases have been found in Pakistan this year, leaving officials to hope they are on the brink of eradicating the disease.Read more at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/25/polio-guard-shot-dead-pakistan-first-day-new-vaccination-drive/
