Over 8 Million Children Immunized in Polio Drive

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Rawalpindi: District Health Authority Sunday claimed to have achieved the polio vaccination target to immunise over 867,885 children below five years of age in five towns of the Rawalpindi district.

The vaccination target was set for the special case response week-long drive which started on October 30.

District Superintendent of Vaccination Dr Muhammad Nadeem informed that the campaign had been launched in Rawalpindi city, Rawalpindi cantonment, Taxila, Gujjar Khan and Rawalpindi rural after the presence of poliovirus in the environmental samples.

During the drive, 3,251 teams, including 2,856 mobile teams, 674 area in-charges, 189 medical officers, and 269 fixed centres, participated in the immunization-task, further stated Superintendent.

Dr Nadeem added that 126 transit teams also protected the children against the lethal disease at entry and exit points in the district.