Rumours swirling around campaigns discourage inoculation in K-P

Majority of incidents were reported in Multan, DG Khan, Bahawalpur and Sargodha

Four thousand female polio workers deployed on the front lines in the district

Over 5.9 million children below the age of five years would be vaccinated

Follow up campaigns have been ordered by the CM and are under way

Some 2.4 million children to be vaccinated in Balochistan

Bahawalpur Deputy Commissioner Rana Muhammad Saleem Afzal said such campaigns must be seen as a national duty

As the case surfaced, a team of doctors rushed to the area to gather firsthand information

Campaign will be held in Diamer, Gilgit, Kohistan, Shangla and Batgram districts and parts of Mansehra and Abbottabad

'Lahore, Rawalpindi should prepare locally customised strategies for routine immunisation coverage, especially polio'