Anti-polio drive achieves 94% of target

As many as 1.7 million children were administered oral polio vaccines in different parts of the city

The anti-polio campaign carried out in the city over the past week had achieved over 94 per cent of its set target, claimed Karachi Commissioner Sohail Rajput on Monday. The campaign, which began on September 21 and ended on September 28, achieved 9 per cent more of the set goal as compared to the drive conducted last month, revealed a report prepared by the anti-polio task force. As many as 1.7 million children under the age of five years were administered oral polio vaccines in different parts of the city, he shared. Moreover, around 287,739 children were administered the vaccination in the high-risk union councils, 15 per cent more than in the previous campaign in these UCs. Rajput announced that a three-day anti-polio drive would soon be launched for children who were not immunised during this campaign.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 29^th, 2020.