Anti-polio drive in Attock from March 29

ATTOCK:

Around 0.3 million children up to the age of five years will be administered polio drops across Attock district during a five days campaign being launched from March 29.

"The five-day polio vaccination drive should be conducted under strict preventive measures for Covid-19,” Attock Deputy Commissioner Ali Anan Qamar said chairing a meeting.

District Health Authority Chief Executive Officer Dr Jawad Ellahi, senior officials of the district administration and the health department besides representatives of World Health Organisation attended the meeting.

He urged that a 'no touch' vaccination method should be adopted so that distance is maintained between the frontline worker and child.

He said health department teams must ensure that polio drops are administered to all children between the ages of one to five, adding parents must cooperate with the teams to make the campaign a success.

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The health officials informed that as many as 1100 teams have been constituted; they will be present at all entry and exit points of the city, bus stands, railway stations, hospitals and health centers.

They further revealed that 100 fixed teams and 35 transit teams have been constituted.

Representatives of the World Health Organization on this occasion have informed that Punjab reported 14 polio cases in 2020. DNA

 

Published in The Express Tribune, March 8^th, 2021.