6.5 Million Children To Be Vaccinated During 3-day Polio Campaign

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6.5 million children to be vaccinated during 3-day polio campaign

A total of 650,530 children under the age of five years would be administered anti-Polio drops in district during 3-day anti-polio campaign inaugurated on Monday.

BAHAWALPUR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Dec, 2018 ) :A total of 650,530 children under the age of five years would be administered anti-Polio drops in district during 3-day anti-polio campaign inaugurated on Monday.

Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur Shozab Saeed inaugurated the campaign in civil hospital.

Chief Executive Officer Health Bahawalpur, Dr Fayyaz Anwar, Medical Superintendent Civil Hospital Bahawalpur Dr Muhammad Rashid Khan, District Polio Coordinator Dr Muhammad Zakir were also present at the occasion.

Dr Fayyaz Anwar briefed that the three-day door-t-door campaign would continue till December 12.

As many as 1400 teams of District Health Authority including 1180 mobile teams, 160 fixed teams, and 123 transit teams will perform duties in the campaign.

Besides, 18 roaming teams will perform duties at main markets of the city. Total 122 Union Council Medical Officers and 278 Area In-charges would monitor the campaign.