ISLAMABAD, Oct 06 (APP):Islamabad’s anti-polio campaign achieved its fifth day target on Friday, with Deputy Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon issued instructions to prioritize administering anti-polio vaccine to children who were not present on the day of the campaign.
The review committee meeting for the campaign was attended by Additional Deputy Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners, Health Department officials, and other stakeholders.
The Assistant Commissioners and Health Department representatives briefed the meeting on the performance of the fifth day.
DC Memon emphasized that achieving the target of administering anti-polio vaccine to all children under the age of five was the top priority, and that children who were not present on the day of the campaign should be kept in priority to ensure that they are vaccinated.
He also urged parents to give their children two doses of polio drops and make a polio-free Pakistan.
The anti-polio campaign in Islamabad is making good progress, but it is important to ensure that all children are administered vaccine, regardless of whether they were present on the day of the campaign or not.
The parents can play a vital role in making Pakistan a polio-free country by letting their children administered anti-polio vaccine.
