Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has ordered an effective five-day anti-polio campaign in the province from Monday.
In directives issued on Sunday, the chief minister asked the commissioners and deputy commissioners to personally monitor the anti-polio campaign and announced a prize for the best performing district during the anti-polio campaign.
He said that 2,000 vaccinators would be recruited in order to make polio vaccination more effective. He directed officials to pay special attention to the drive in Lahore and some affected districts of South Punjab. He termed polio as a challenge for the nation.
He warned that deputy commissioners concerned would be questioned if polio cases and environment sample testing positive were found.
He further said that tampering with data during anti-polio campaign would not be tolerated. He maintained that 3,500 micro plans had been evolved to make the campaign fruitful, while more than 250,000 officials were participating in the anti-polio campaign. “Polio vaccine will be administered to more than 19.2 million children in the province.” Meanwhile, a special meeting of the Provincial Task Force for eradicating Polio was held at the CM’s Office on the directions of Buzdar.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 30th, 2020.
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