Summary Government has also imposed section 144 to ban pillion riding during campaign.
MULTAN (Dunya News) – Anti-polio drive to inoculate 4 lac children aged below five has been initiated on Monday in various areas of Multan, Charsadda and Khyber Agency.
According to details, 4 lac children will be vaccinated in 60 sensitive Union Councils of Multan till November 12 whereas Health department has formed 1,000 polio teams including lady health workers, teachers, police and civil defense who are busy in immunizing specific Union Councils.
On the other hand, one day polio campaign has been started in Charsadda. The local administration has imposed Section 144 to ban pillion riding for security reasons.
Moreover, seven days polio campaign is likely to be started in Khyber Agency today that will be continued till November 17.
Earlier, Prime Minister of Pakistan (PM) Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan was committed to eradicate the deadly polio virus and would fulfill all its international obligations in this regard however; this year Pakistan has topped the list of most polio cases in the world.
