Overview

• Two on-duty polio workers were abducted by unknown gunmen in the Dolat Koruna area of Tank district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on May 26 as the campaign began.
• A policeman assigned to protect polio staff was shot dead in Noshki district of Balochistan on May 27, police said.
• The Pakistan Polio Programme’s nationwide effort aims to administer vaccine and vitamin A drops to more than 45 million children under five.
• Two new polio infections in Lakki Marwat and Bannu districts brought Pakistan’s total cases this year to 10.
• Since the 1990s, over 200 polio workers and their security personnel have been killed in attacks, underscoring the campaign’s security risks.