Anti-polio drive to commence across country today

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Polio vaccination drive will commence across the country from today (Monday).

According to sources, the campaign will be carried out in several districts of the country from today. 

In the first phase, under the age of five, 800,000 children will be vaccinated in parts of Faisalabad, Attock, South Waziristan, Karachi and Quetta. 

Sources further said that during the campaign, social distance and implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) will be ensured.

The authorities will provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), hand gloves, surgical masks, sanitizers, infrared thermometers to polio workers for vaccination drive. 

It is to be noted that 58 cases of polio have been reported in the country so far this year, including 21 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 20 from Sindh, 14 from Balochistan and three from Punjab whereas the most recent case in Sindh was reported on June 9. 

Earlier, on July 11, the federal government had decided to launch a special anti-polio immunization campaign across the country.

According to sources, the immunization campaign will be launched in four provinces of the country, especially in the areas that have reported rising polio cases.

"The campaign is titled as targeted response campaign and will begin from July 20," sources in the national health department said. 

The recent campaign will cover 800,000 children across the country and Karachi, Quetta, Faisalabad and South Waziristan will be primarily targeted in the campaign.

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