PESHAWAR – After an attempt to sabotage the countrywide anti-poliovaccination drive was exposed, the police in Peshawar has made an arrest ofa man mainly involved in creating panic by faking the illness andhospitalization of children in Mashokhel village.
According to details, videos went viral on the social media revealed thetruth behind the propaganda, which created panic and misinformation amongparents amid the anti-polio campaign, resulting in the damage of MashokhelHospital.
The social media videos exposed the man, identified as Muhammad Nazar, whoinstructed some young boys in madrassa uniform to fake to be ill andpretend to be unconscious on hospital beds. The children can be seen,following his orders in the video.link
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EXPOSED :: Watch how young innocent kids were made to lay down in hospitalbeds and pretend they’re suffering due to Polio vaccination, to give awrong message to masses regarding the #Poliolink campaign; SHAME on such peoplewho’re playing with the future of Pakistan ! #Peshawarlink
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Another video depicted the same man spreading fake and baseless news ofdeaths of children amid ongoing anti-polio vaccination.
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Earlier on Monday, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government launched athree-day anti-polio drive to administer the oral anti-polio vaccine tochildren with a range of five years of age.
The campaign was launched after the polio eradication programme hadconfirmed the presence of active poliovirus in the sewage of 12 big citiesof the country. Thousands of polio workers were tasked to visit schools andmadrassas in the province.
In the midst of the campaign, the news of around 40 children from a schoolin Mashokhel village complaining diarrhea, nausea and headache after beingadministered anti-polio drops spread like wildfire in Peshawar and nearbyareas.
Owing to the news, panicked parents started rushing their children tohospitals, the Lady Reading Hospital, Khyber Teaching Hospital and theHayatabad Medical Complex were soon flooded with anxious parents bringingin their children.
