INP
\nISLAMABAD
\nA 3-day anti-polio drive on Monday begun countrywide with the government\u2019s resolve to root out the crippling disease from the country. In Punjab, more than seven million children will be administrated polio vaccine in 12 highly sensitive districts during the campaign.
\nThe districts include Lahore, Sheikhupura, Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan, Muzafargarh, Rajanpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Layyah, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi and Attock. In KP , a total of 8,96,205 children below the age of five years will be administered polio vaccine in seven tribal districts.
\nIn Sindh, polio campaign begins in all districts of Karachi and eighteen districts of interior Sindh where over seven million children under five years of age will be administered polio vaccine. Similarly in Balochistan, three day anti-polio campaign is being launched in 15 districts where more than 1.3m children will be given polio drops.
\nThree days ago, Prime Minister Imran Khan had reiterated his commitment with the federal and provincial governments towards polio eradication, adding, it was a national cause and every effort would be made to make Pakistan a polio-free country.
\nHe had made this statement while chairing a meeting of the National Task Force on Polio Eradication in Islamabad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
INP ISLAMABAD A 3-day anti-polio drive on Monday begun countrywide with the government\u2019s resolve to root out the crippling disease from the country. In Punjab, more than seven million children will be administrated polio vaccine in 12 highly sensitive districts during the campaign. The districts include Lahore, Sheikhupura, Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan, Muzafargarh, Rajanpur, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-35066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n