Pakistani radical fundamentalists and militants often target polio vaccination drives as they believe it is 'western conspiracy to sterilise children'.
The recent outbreak of Coronavirus cases has been found to be linked to a cluster in Nanjing city in Jiangsu province where more than 360 cases have been reported in the past 2 weeks.
In 2018, Michael McFaul was put on a sanction list by Kremlin and banned from entering Russia. He had claimed it was due to his closeness to President Obama.