Three-day Polio Drive Begins In Sargodha

SARGODHA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Dec, 2018 ) ::A three-day anti-polio drive began in the district on Monday to vaccinate 607,446 children under five years of age.

Deputy Commissioner Salwat Saeed inaugurated the 5th Polio drive of the current year and directed the health department to include nomad children and brick kiln laborers' children in the ongoing campaign.

She urged the officials to focus on transit teams working here so that all children could be vaccinated.

A health official told this scribe that three-day polio drive was continued in 167 Union Councils, for which total 1534 teams including 1306 mobile, 198 fixed and 70 transit teams were working to administer anti-polio drops.

A total of 20429 health staffers and 196 staffers of population department, civil defence, and education department are performing duties.

He said that after the end of campaign, a two-day catch up campaign will also be launched.