Elias Durry did not reject the possibility of other countries ordering travel and visa restrictions on Pakistan if there is no quick improvement in the situation.
Elias Durry serves as the WHO's emergency coordinator for polio in Pakistan. He says local officials need to take urgent action to strengthen vaccination campaigns. He says the situation in Peshawar not only threatens the gains Pakistan has made against polio, but could also harm international efforts to stop the disease.
Elias Durry担任世界卫生组织驻巴基斯坦的脊髓灰质炎紧急协调员。他说,地方官员需要采取紧急行动强化疫苗接种活动。他说白沙瓦的现状不仅威胁到巴基斯坦在脊髓灰质炎上取得的成果,也可能伤害国际社会消除该疾病的努力。
"Unless the polio eradication program in Pakistan is able to curtail the transmission in Peshawar, the expansion of the viruses to other places will not stop.|| So, it is critical that Peshawar, the way it is behaving now, really be able to find ways of interrupting these transmissions that have been consistent throughout the years," said Durry .||