Three-day polio drive starts today

Karachi A three-day polio vaccination drive will commence in the city on Wednesday (today) with the health authorities aiming to cover a total of 1,016,499 children under the age of five. A health official said 2,795 mobile teams would cover 80 union councils in six districts of Karachi. “As many

By our correspondents
October 07, 2015
Karachi
A three-day polio vaccination drive will commence in the city on Wednesday (today) with the health authorities aiming to cover a total of 1,016,499 children under the age of five.
A health official said 2,795 mobile teams would cover 80 union councils in six districts of Karachi.
“As many as 153,548 children in the Central district, 219,143 in the Malir district, 472,927 in the West district, 7,965 in the South district and 55,719 in the Korangi district will be vaccinated during the campaign.” After Karachi, he said, a drive would be started in 644 UCs across 14 districts of Sindh.