our correspondent
KOHAT
A total of 147791 newborn children will be vaccinated under the aegis of Kohat Polio Eradication Committee and district administration in a Polio campaign starting from August 17 to 21, 2020.
A meeting in this connection was held in the office of Deputy Commissioner Kohat under the Chairmanship of Additional Deputy Commissioner Kohat Bashir Ahmed. Apart from officials of Health, Education, Police and other concerned departments, a representative of WHO also attended the meeting. The meeting was informed that during this campaign, 147791 newborns will be vaccinated from door to door wherein 822 mobile and 80 fixed teams will work. The meeting highlighted in detail all the activities before the campaign including training. ADC directed that since this time the campaign will be running under Corona SOPs, it is the responsibility of all of us to take all precautionary measures against prevention.
