Four-day polio drive launched in Sindh

Karachi
Sindh Minister for Health Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar said a four-day anti-polio drive had been launched in the 14 districts of Sindh on Monday in which around four million children would be administered polio drops.
The drive which would end on October 15, he said, would be covering Hyderabad, Larkana, Dadu, Jamshoro, Sanghar, Sukkur, Ghotki, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Kashmore, Naushahro Feroze, Shaheed Benazirabad, Khairpur and Kamber.
Earlier, he added, the campaign had been completed in Karachi in which 93,130 children in Baldia, 120,553 children in Bin Qasim, 71,446 children in Gadap, 63,735 children in Gulberg, 91,628 children in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, 30,140 children in Kemari, 57,643 children in Korangi, 36,033 children in Landhi, 28,433 children in Liaquatabad, 30,643 children in Malir, 17,288 children in North Nazimabad, 45,764 children in North Karachi, 92,498 children in Orangi, 7,381 children in Saddar and 120,273 children in the SITE area had been administered polio drops.
The health minister said that a campaign against dengue virus had also been extended to all districts of Sindh.
The first phase had been completed, he said, and the second phase would be launched soon.
He told that 186 cases of dengue virus were reported in Karachi during the last week while only one case was reported in Hyderabad.
During this year, he added, 2,258 cases of dengue had been reported in the province.
As many as 2,203 cases were reported in Karachi while 55 cases were reported in the other districts of the province, he said.