WHO recommends travel restriction for Pakistani citizens without polio vaccination

Daily Pakistan
Aug 29, 2023

WHO recommends travel restriction for Pakistani citizens without polio vaccination


WASHINGTON - The  World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended restricting at the point of departure, the international travel of any Pakistani citizen lacking documentation of appropriate polio vaccination.

The thirty-sixth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) on the international spread of poliovirus met under the chair of WHO Director-General and proposed strict measures.