{"id":98606,"date":"2025-09-09T22:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T22:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/19-7m-children-inoculated-against-polio-nationwide-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T22:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T22:25:10","slug":"19-7m-children-inoculated-against-polio-nationwide-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/19-7m-children-inoculated-against-polio-nationwide-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"19.7m children inoculated against polio nationwide | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least 19.7 million children under five were vaccinated during a week-long anti-polio campaign held from September 1 to 7 across several districts, the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) quoted.<\/p>\n

Over 4 million children were covered in Punjab, 8.7 million in Sindh, 2.2 million in Balochistan, and 4 million in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.<\/p>\n

In Islamabad, nearly 479,000 children received polio drops, while 112,000 were vaccinated in Gilgit-Baltistan and 164,000 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n

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Polio campaign in Torgarh [Source: EOC]<\/p>\n

Earlier, Environmental surveillance had recently detected wild poliovirus in sewage samples from Hyderabad, marking the sixth positive detection this year, according to the National Institute of Health (NIH).<\/p>\n

Read: <\/a><\/strong>Polio eradication drive to start Sept 1<\/a><\/p>\n

The EOC said parents, civil administrations, law enforcement agencies, and health workers played a key role in the campaign\u2019s success, adding that polio teams and security personnel were the \u201cheroes of the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

A follow-up drive will begin on September 15 in South Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Bajaur and Upper Dir, targeting 1.6 million children, the centre added.<\/p>\n

District authorities have cautioned that during the ongoing rainy season, densely populated areas remain at higher risk, stressing the importance of ensuring no child is left unvaccinated.<\/p>\n

Read More: <\/strong>Three-day anti-polio drive launched<\/a><\/p>\n

Parents have been urged to ensure every child under five receives polio drops in each campaign. Citizens can contact the 1166 helpline or send a WhatsApp message to 0346-7776546 for information.<\/p>\n

The EOC, operating under the Ministry of National Health Services, coordinates Pakistan\u2019s polio eradication programme with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and global partners.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At least 19.7 million children under five were vaccinated during a week-long anti-polio campaign held from September 1 to 7 across several districts, the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) quoted. Over 4 million children were covered in Punjab, 8.7 million in Sindh, 2.2 million in Balochistan, and 4 million in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. In Islamabad, nearly 479,000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/11757409875-0\/11757409875-0-640x480.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faisalabad-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t