ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, the world’s number one exporter of polio, has seen a rush on vaccines and angry scenes at hospitals after new World Health Organisation guidelines aimed at halting the crippling disease caused widespread confusion.
The WHO declared a “public health emergency” at the start of May after new polio cases began surfacing and spreading across borders from countries including Pakistan.
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