Polio drive kicks off in K-P today
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PESHAWAR:
In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the three-day second phase of the anti-polio campaign in selected districts will begin on Monday (today).
The campaign will cover Bajaur, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, North Waziristan, and South Waziristan.
During the drive, the anti-polio vaccine will be administered to children under the age of five.
Health officials reiterated that polio is a highly infectious and incurable disease, often leading to permanent paralysis in children.
They underscored that the only reliable protection remains the repeated administration of the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) to every child under the age of five.