Anti-polio vaccine was administered to 502,042 children during the five-day anti-polio drive, across the district, which stood 99% of the total target, Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Nayyar Sheikh said on Sunday.
He expressed these views while presiding over a meeting of the Anti-Polio Review Committee. Giving details, DHO Dr Sohail Asghar Qazi said that polio teams administered anti-polio drops to 502,042 children, out of the total target of 587,732 during the drive in the district.
He further said that 42,914 children were vaccinated in Bhera tehsil, 45,347 in Sahiwal tehsil, 206,339 in Sargodha tehsil, 45,987 in Shahpur tehsil and 50,338 children in Sillanwali tehsil.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 2nd, 2020.
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