Anti-polio drive to commence Aug 17

The five-day anti-polio drive will commence in the district from August 17. The strategy had been devised to keep polio workers and children safe from Covid-19 during the drive.

This was decided in the district anti-polio committee meeting led by Deputy Commissioner Agha Zaheer Abbas Sherazi, held on Saturday. The DC also reviewed anti-coronavirus and anti-dengue drives during the meeting, he ordered to hold mock exercises for polio teams regarding Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) before the start of the polio drive. He added that face masks and sanitisers will be provided to all polio workers during the drive.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 26^th, 2020.