Daily Times

KHYBER AGENCY: Two children were died and 11 others affected badly when they were administered anti-polio drops here in Shalober, Kamber area of tehsil Bara of Khyber Agency on Wednesday. The local and administration sources told that health condition of 13 children deteriorated after they were administered anti-polio drops in the on-going polio eradication campaign.

They were shifted to Peshawar hospital where two infant died. Five children were discharged after providing medical treatment while six effected were admitted in the hospital, health sources told.

According to the parents,the children were died after feeding them polio drops however Agency surgeon DrNiaz Afridi said that polio drops and measles vaccination have been administered to the children and so far reason of their death con not be known. He said that sample of the vaccine
have been sent to Islamabad to sort out cause of the children death.

The deceased were identified as Abu Bakar and Musa.