China News Service, June 15-According to AFP reports on the 15th, Afghan officials said that a series of attacks on polio (also known as "poliomyelitis") workers occurred in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least four people. Four people were injured.
According to reports, a spokesperson for the Afghan Ministry of Health said that staff were vaccinating children against polio.
It is reported that the attack occurred in three different locations.
Another health official in the country also said that the local vaccination campaign has now stopped.
The US "Washington Post" stated that no organization has claimed responsibility for the attack.
According to previous reports, on March 30, there were also many attacks in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar Province in Eastern Azerbaijan. Three women who were involved in polio vaccination were unfortunately killed.
According to the UN website, UNICEF reports that there are only two countries in the world where there is still an epidemic of polio, one of which is Afghanistan.
Affected by the new crown epidemic, the country's polio vaccination campaign was once interrupted.