karachi

July 20, 2020

260,000 children to be given polio vaccine in drive beginning today

As many as 260,000 children under the age of five years would be vaccinated during a small-scale polio vaccination campaign in selected areas of Karachi, including Baldia, Orangi, North Nazimabad, Liaquatabad and SITE towns from Monday , said officials of the Poli Eradication Initiative on Sunday.This is the first small-scale campaign since the COVID pandemic hit Pakistan in March 2020, they said, adding that wider-scale campaigns would be conducted every month in Sindh before the end of this...