Nationwide Polio Eradication Campaign Begins Today
Fida Hussnain (@fidahassanain) Published September 21, 2020 | 01:53 PM
The officials say that 40 million children below five years age would be administered anti-polio vaccine across the country.
LAHORE: (UrduPoint/UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News-Sept 21st, 2020) A five-day nationwide polio eradication campaign began on Monday.
The health officials said that 40 million children below five years age would be administered anti-polio vaccine across the country.
This was the first nationwide campaign in the country after its four-month suspension due COVID-19 outbreak.
The scope of this campaign is much larger and seeks to vaccinate all children under the age of five through door-to-door visits by almost 270,000 vaccinators all over the country.
The polio vaccinators received a comprehensive training on how to vaccinate children safely within the COVID-19 context.
The polio eradication programme had put strict measures in place for all staff following the Government’s set guidelines on COVID-19 preventative measures.
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