Nationwide anti-polio drive begins

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2024-01-08T14:13:00+05:00

Islamabad (Web Desk): A nation-wide anti-polio drive of varied duration begins today (Monday) to administer vaccine to children under five years of age.

During the campaign, polio teams of health department will go door to door to administer polio drops, the Radio Pakistan reported.

In Punjab, during a week-long polio campaign over 23 million children will be administered anti-polio drops.

The health department has declared Lahore, Faisalabad and Multan as most sensitive cities in this regard.

In Sindh, nearly 10.03 million children up to the five years of age will be administered anti-polio vaccine during a week-long campaign.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), over 7.4 million children up to five years of age will be administered anti-polio drops during five-day campaign.

In Balochistan, over 2.5 million children up to five years of age would be administered anti-polio drops during week-long polio drive.

In Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) over 700,000 children will be vaccinated during the five-day campaign.

In Gilgit-Baltistan, over 250,000 thousand children will be vaccinated during five-day campaign.

The parents of the children have been advised to contact on helpline 1166 in case a polio team does not visit any home.

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