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Polio worker shot as Pakistan holds countrywide vaccination drive

Source: Reuters - Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:38 GMT

Author: Reuters

LAHORE, Pakistan Feb 17 (Reuters) - Gunmen shot and wounded a Pakistani polio worker in the eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, the latest in a string of attacks against eradication teams in a country that accounts for more than 70 percent of the world's cases of the virus.

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