{"id":28873,"date":"2023-11-27T05:42:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T05:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/countrywide-anti-polio-campaign-begins\/"},"modified":"2023-11-27T05:42:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T05:42:03","slug":"countrywide-anti-polio-campaign-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/countrywide-anti-polio-campaign-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Countrywide anti-polio campaign begins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ISLAMABAD: An anti-polio campaign of varied durations has begun across Pakistan today (Monday).<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the campaign, children up to five years of age will be administered anti-polio drops.<\/p>\n

In Punjab, anti-polio teams have been constituted to administer anti-polio vaccine to 22 million children.<\/p>\n

In Sindh, more than eighty thousand workers will go door to door to administer vaccine to over ten million children to save them from the crippling disease of polio.<\/p>\n

Likewise, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, more than seven point four million children up to five years of age will be administered anti-polio vaccine drops.<\/p>\n

Read more: PM Kakar expresses resolve to achieve dream of polio-free Pakistan<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

In Balochistan, more than 2.5 million children up to five years of age would be administered anti-polio drops.<\/p>\n

On November 11, the Ministry of Health reported that a 31-month-old child had been diagnosed with polio in Karachi, marking the fifth case in Pakistan this year.<\/p>\n

The health ministry has confirmed that the polio virus was found in a 31-month-old child from UC Gujro in Gadap Town of Karachi East.<\/p>\n

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Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries in the world where polio continues to threaten the health and well-being of children.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n