Polio Follows Bin Laden’s Lead in Pakistan Holdout
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Umaima Ahmed opens her mouth at a polio vaccination booth outside the international airport in Karachi, Pakistan, as a health-care worker squeezes a few drops of clear liquid onto the three-year-old’s tongue.
“It’s good that the kids are vaccinated,” says Tariq Ahmed, the girl’s uncle, as another uncle wraps a garland of rose petals around her neck. “Let’s go, let’s go,” says a relative, as the family of nine enters the terminal to board a flight to Saudi Arabia for the Umrah, a religious pilgrimage.