Five-day anti-polio drive from the 27th

Author: Agencies

RAWALPINDI: A five-day anti polio drive will commence in the entire district from February 27.

During the campaign, 1951 polio teams will go door-to-door and administer polio drops to 829,870 children less than five years of age. This was stated by the Deputy Commissioner Talat Gondal on Friday.

He said the staff deployed for the campaign had been issued special instructions and informed that no negligence in this regard would be tolerated.

He said 1951 mobile teams had been constituted for door-to-door vaccination of the children. Besides 204 mobile teams, 52 area in charges and allied hospitals and tehsil headquarter hospitals would participate in the campaign so that their children could be vaccinated in nearby areas.

Sufficient quantity of the vaccine was available and no stone would be left unturned to make the campaign a success. The health department officials had been directed to remain vigilant.

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