A health worker administering polio vaccine drops to a child during a polio vaccination door-to-door campaign in Lahore, Pakistan, yesterday. The South Asian country yesterday resumed its polio vaccination campaign after a four-month pause due to the coronavirus outbreak, with the health authorities predicting a surge in cases of the crippling disease.
Amid the pandemic, another disease looms in Pakistan
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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on July 21, 2020, with the headline Amid the pandemic, another disease looms in Pakistan. Subscribe
