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FATA: Anti-polio drive to begin on February 2

PESHAWAR: The three-day anti-polio drive will being in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on February 2.

During the drive, polio drops will be administered to children in North and South Waziristan. According to Health Department officials two polio cases have been reported in FATA this year. The cases were reported in Khyber Agency and South Waziristan.

The anti-polio

By GEO URDU
January 31, 2015
PESHAWAR: The three-day anti-polio drive will being in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on February 2.

During the drive, polio drops will be administered to children in North and South Waziristan. According to Health Department officials two polio cases have been reported in FATA this year. The cases were reported in Khyber Agency and South Waziristan.

The anti-polio drive has set a target of administering drops to 800,000 children in FATA for which 2,000 teams have been formed.