DC calls for intensive anti-polio drive in ICT

Islamabad: Deputy Commissioner Islamabad, Irfan Nawaz Memon on Thursday reviewed arrangements for a seven-day anti-polio campaign in the federal capital.

Talking to APP, ICT’s spokesman, Dr Abdullah Tabassum said that the campaign would start on April 29 which aimed to ensure administered the anti-polio drops every child under the age of five years. In this regard, the deputy commissioner chaired a high-level meeting which was attended by Additional Deputy Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners, and Health Department representatives, to bolster the anti-polio campaign. Deploying a ground-level strategy, the DC directed the healthcare workers and polio teams to ensure door to door campaign.