FAISALABAD: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Captain (retd) Nadeem Nasir inaugurated a week-long anti-polio drive here on Saturday. He dispensed polio vaccine to children in Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Hospital Haseeb Shaheed Colony and said that 4,922 polio teams were constituted for anti polio campaign which would commence from Monday (October 28, 2024). He said that the drive would continue for a week during which 1.6004 million children up to the age of five years would be vaccinated against polio disease. He said that the government was committed to weed out polio menace once for all. In this connection, a microplan was devised to ensure accomplishment of 100 percent target of the anti-polio drive. He directed the anti polio teams to perform their duties honestly and dedicatedly so that no child could remain without polio drops. Agency
