Anti-polio drive in Karachi to begin from today
Last updated on: 18 February,2019 07:17 am
The anti-polio drive will be launched in ten towns and 106 Union Councils (UC) of Karachi.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – A nine-day long anti-polio drive will be launched in Karachi from today (Monday), Dunya News reported. The campaign will continue till February 26.
The anti-polio drive will be launched in ten towns and 106 Union Councils (UC) of Karachi. Sindh government has established 2,000 centres in the city where parents will bring their children to give them injections and OPV to save them from polio.
According to sources, 1,529,487 children under the age of five years would be administrated oral polio vaccine while 1,483,602 children would be given polio injections.