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FAISALABAD, Sep 09 (APP):A fresh round of week-long anti-polio drive formally kicked off on Monday with a target of vaccinating 1.6 million children up to five years of age in the district.
As many as 5,000 fixed, transit and mobile polio teams constituted by the health department which started vaccination of children against crippling disease by visiting door to door, transport stands, hospitals, and other important public places in the district.
The drive will continue till September 15.
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Nadeem Nasir has appealed to the parents to coordinate with the polio teams for the vaccination of their children.
Assistant Commissioner Saddar Orangzeb Goraya checked the polio teams by visiting streets and mohalas and inquired the parents by knocking at their doors about the vaccination of their children.