Picture Credits: Associated Press of Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Aug 12 (APP): Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Khan here Wednesday inaugurated the anti-polio campaign after a break of four months.
During the campaign, children below five years of age would be vaccinated against polio in 21 high-risk districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A target of 4,562,000 children has been set for vaccination against the crippling disease.
For the purpose over 19,000 teams have been constituted to vaccinate the children and monitor the campaign.The squads include 17,859 mobile and 1237 fixed teams to make the campaign a success. The campaign was restarted after a four-month break in the wake of the coronavirus situation in the country.
On the occasion, the Chief Minister said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government was determined to purge the curse of polio virus from the province and for the purpose all available resources were being utilized. The Chief Minister urged the Ulema, the media and elected representatives to add their share in the government’s endeavours to eliminate polio virus from the society.
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