5-day anti-polio drive kicks off in high risk areas

Rawalpindi
A five-day anti-polio campaign kicked off in high risk areas of the district here on Monday to cover more than 166,000 children below five years of age, Acting Executive District Officer (EDO) Health Dr Nasir said.
Under the drive, polio teams were being visiting 13 union councils of Rawalpindi city, 5 union councils of cantonment, six union councils of Tehsil Taxila and five union councils of rural areas in Rawalpindi which have been declared high risk areas.
He said that polio drops were also being administered at 111 transit health centres in order to ensure that all children should be immunized below five years of age.In the recently concluded regular campaign, he said, 750,793 children up to five years of age were administered polio drops to prevent the younger generation from the crippling disease.
He said staff deployed for the campaign has been issued special instructions and informed that no negligence in this regard would be tolerated.The EDO advised parents to come forward and play their role in ensuring vaccination of their children to eliminate the disease from society.