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Anti-polio drive begins in KP, Balochistan on Monday
March 24, 2019

A three-day anti-polio campaign will begin in twenty-five districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and twenty-one districts of Balochistan tomorrow (Monday).

About five point six million children up to five years of age will be administered anti-polio vaccine in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the campaign. In Balochistan, one point seven million children up to five years of age would be administered anti-polio drops.

Similarly, all age anti-polio vaccination campaign will also be started at Pak-Afghan border in Torkham from tomorrow to eradicate circulation of polio virus between Pakistan and Afghanistan.