Anti-polio drive to begin from March 25

More than 8.2 million children will be vaccinated


Our Correspondent March 17, 2024
A health worker administers oral polio vaccine to a child at a slum in Karachi. PHOTO: APP/FILE

ISLAMABAD:

The federal government has decided to launch a special anti-polio drive in Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan which would continue from March 25-28.

Sources told Express News that the campaign will be launched in districts with positive sewage samples.

The drive will continue in 26 districts, including eight districts in Sindh, seven in Punjab and 11 districts in Balochistan where more than 8.2 million children will be vaccinated.

The anti-polio drive will commence in certain areas of Faisalabad, Khairpur and Kasur. It will be carried out in Ghotki, Jacobabad, Kashmore, Khairpur, Sukkur, Larkana, Shikarpur, Qambar, Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan, Rajanpur, Okara and Rahim Yar Khan.

The campaign will also be initiated in Dera Bugti, Usta Muhammad, Sibi, Hub, Chaman, Khuzdar, Kech, Lasbela, Sohbatpur, Naseerabad and Jaffarabad.

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