At least 0.65m children inoculated against polio

Hussain advises parents to come forward

RAWALPINDI: The five-day anti-polio campaign, which began in the entire district entered into its second day on Tuesday, in-charge Anti Polio drive, Chaudhry Muhammad Hussain said that the immunisation campaign was in full swing.

Under the drive, he said, over 650,000 children have so far administered the polio vaccine. He said that 2,353 polio teams including, 287 fixed points, 119 transit points, 150 union council medical officers and area in-charges are participating in the drive to vaccinate 862,850 children below five years of age.Hussain said that to overcome iron deficiency in children, Vitamin A, blue capsules were also being given to children 6 to 11 months having dose of 100,000 IU while red capsules having high dose of 200,000 IU were given to children 12 to 59 months.

Hussain advised parents to come forward and play their role to ensure vaccination of their children to eliminate the disease.

Deputy Commissioner Saif Ullah Dogar directed polio teams to follow up polio refusal cases, adding that the polio is a national issue and it is responsibility of all to play an effective role to make the country polio free.  

Published in The Express Tribune, December 18^th, 2019.