ISLAMABAD, Nov 05 (APP):More than 19.6 million children have been vaccinated against polio during the first three days of the ongoing sub-national immunization campaign across 97 selected districts of the country, the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) said on Thursday. The fourth day of the campaign is underway, with more than 200,000 frontline polio workers going door-to-door to administer vaccine drops to children under five years of age. The week-long …
Over 19.6 million children vaccinated in first three days of polio campaign
ISLAMABAD, Nov 05 (APP):More than 19.6 million children have been vaccinated against polio during the first three days of the ongoing sub-national immunization campaign across 97 selected districts of the country, the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) said on Thursday.
The fourth day of the campaign is underway, with more than 200,000 frontline polio workers going door-to-door to administer vaccine drops to children under five years of age.
The week-long campaign, which will continue until November 8, aims to protect approximately 24 million children against the crippling disease.
According to the NEOC, Punjab has recorded vaccination of over 7.552 million children in 13 selected districts, while around 5.659 million children have been vaccinated in 20 districts of Sindh.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, approximately 4.002 million children have received polio drops across 27 districts, while more than 1.650 million children have been vaccinated in 31 districts of Balochistan.
In Islamabad, over 418,000 children have been vaccinated, while more than 149,000 children have received vaccine drops in three selected districts of Gilgit-Baltistan and over 182,000 in two districts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The NEOC has urged parents and caregivers to cooperate with vaccination teams visiting their homes and ensure that every child under five receives polio drops during the ongoing campaign.
It reiterated that polio was an incurable disease that could cause permanent paralysis, but children could be protected through timely and repeated vaccination.
