{"id":44979,"date":"2024-01-07T13:54:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T13:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/nationwide-anti-polio-drive-to-start-from-tomorrow\/"},"modified":"2024-01-07T13:54:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T13:54:04","slug":"nationwide-anti-polio-drive-to-start-from-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/nationwide-anti-polio-drive-to-start-from-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationwide anti-polio drive to start from tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ISLAMABAD: A nationwide anti-polio campaign of varied duration will begin tomorrow to administer vaccine drops to children under five years age. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the campaign, a statement said, that polio teams of the health department would go door to door in all 159 districts of the country.<\/p>\n

In Punjab, during a week-long polio campaign over 23 million children will be administered polio drops. The health department has declared Lahore, Faisalabad and Multan as the most sensitive cities in this regard.<\/p>\n

In Sindh, nearly 10.03 million children up to five years of age will be administered with anti-polio vaccine drops during a week-long campaign.<\/p>\n

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (LP), over 7.4 million children up to five years of age will be administered anti-polio drops during five-day drive.<\/p>\n

In Balochistan, over 2.5 million children up to five years of age would be administered anti-polio drops during week-long polio drive.<\/p>\n

In Gilgit-Baltistan, over two hundred fifty thousand children will be vaccinated during five day campaign. In case a polio team does not visit any home, the parents can access to helpline 1166.<\/p>\n

Last year, Islamabad reported\u00a0six polio cases<\/a>\u00a0as Pakistan and\u00a0Afghanistan<\/a>\u00a0remained the only two countries in the world where polio remains endemic.<\/p>\n

In Dec 2023, a nine-month-old child in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Orakzai district became the latest victim of the crippling disease. The Ministry of Health confirmed that the polio virus was found in a 9-month-old child in Orakzai district.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n