A nationwide anti-polio campaign is set to begin on October 13.
According to the details, this campaign was announced by Ayesha Raza Farooq, Focal Person for the Polio Eradication Program, at a press conference.
He said that more than 400,000 polio workers are participating and more than 45 million children will be administered polio drops.
Six nationwide campaigns have been conducted since September 2004, while cases of refusal to receive polio vaccination have decreased from 1.1 million to 830,000.
He further said that 29 cases have been reported from the country so far, while the number of cases has been reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Seven million children are being born every year, due to which the target of the campaign is also changing.
Ayesha Raza said that the polio vaccine is completely safe and even Hajj pilgrims drink it. Inappropriate behavior from frontline workers is not acceptable. The high migration of people also affects the target of our campaign.
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