Polio eradication campaign across Pakistan continues

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ISLAMABAD: National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) on Saturday said that over the first five days of the campaign, more than 43.3 million children have been successfully vaccinated against Polio across Pakistan. According to NEOC, in Punjab, over 22.9 million children have received the oral polio vaccine, while in Sindh, approximately 10.2 million children have been immunized. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, more than 6.1 million children have been vaccinated while in Balochistan, over 2.55 million, in Islamabad, around 443,000, in Gilgit-Baltistan, nearly 294,000; and in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, over 733,000 children have received the vaccine. The NEOC said that joint and sustained efforts continue to ensure the complete eradication of poliovirus from the country. News Agency