ISLAMABAD: An anti-polio campaign has begun countrywide on Monday with the government’s resolve to root out the crippling disease from the country.
In Punjab, more than seven million children will be administrated polio vaccine in 12 highly sensitive districts during the campaign.
The districts include Lahore, Sheikhupura, Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan, Muzafargarh, Rajanpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Layyah, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi and Attock.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a total of 8,96,205 children below the age of five years will be administered polio vaccine in seven tribal districts.
In Sindh, polio campaign begins in all districts of Karachi and eighteen districts of interior Sindh where over seven million children under five years of age will be administered polio vaccine.
Similarly in Balochistan, three day anti-polio campaign is being launched in 15 districts where more than 1.3 million children will be given polio drops.
Three days ago, Prime Minister Imran Khan had reiterated his commitment with the federal and provincial governments towards polio eradication, adding, it was a national cause and every effort would be made to make Pakistan a polio-free country.
He had made this statement while chairing a meeting of the National Task Force on Polio Eradication in Islamabad.
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