Anti-Polio drive begins across country

Dunya News

In Punjab, more than forty five thousand teams have been constituted for the three-day campaign.

(Web Desk) - Anti-Polio drive begins across the country on Monday, during which children upto five years age will be administered anti-polio vaccine and Vitamin-A drops, Radio Pakistan reported.

In Punjab, more than forty five thousand teams have been constituted for the three-day campaign.

A seven day anti-polio drive also begins in all six districts of Karachi today. Around 2.3 million children under upto five years age will be administered polio drops along with Vitamin-A supplement.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, more than six point six million children will be administered anti-polio drops during three-day campaign.

In Balochistan, about nine thousand mobile teams have been constituted to administer anti-polio and Vitamin-A drops to 2.5 million children during three-day campaign.

In Azad Jammu and Kashmir, the anti-polio campaign will be conducted for four days, during which more than seven hundred eleven thousand children will be administered anti-polio vaccine and Vitamin-A drops.