polio vaccine

News Desk  Islamabad:  The National Institute of Health (NIH) has confirmed a new polio case in District Thatta, Sindh. This marks the fourth polio case from Sindh and the sixth nationwide in Pakistan this year. In 2024, Pakistan…

APP Islamabad: Health officials on Friday confirmed the presence of polio-virus in environmental samples from Quetta and Karachi Kemari. According to officials of the Ministry of Health, so far, polio virus has been confirmed in…

APP Rawalpindi: Chief of the Punjab Anti-Polio Program, Khizr Afzal, said on Monday that anti-polio drops would be administered at 92 sites across Punjab and more than 500 polio workers would perform their duties at special points during…

APP Lahore: In a bid to eradicate polio from Pakistan, the Prime Minister’s Special Representative and Pakistan Ulema Council Chairman Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi emphasised the importance of administering polio drops to children here at…

News Desk Islamabad: Deputy Commissioner Islamabad, Irfan Nawaz Memon, on Thursday urged parents to cooperate with the polio vaccination teams and ensure that their children receive the necessary two doses of polio drops. Addressing a…

Shazia Mehboob Peshawar: The polio eradication efforts in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa faced a setback as residents from six Union Councils in Peshawar boycotted the campaign due to power cuts. The boycott, initiated by locals on the day the…

News Desk Islamabad: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar directed the concerned authorities to engage religious scholars, teachers, parents and all stakeholders to play a key role in the complete eradication of the polio virus…

APP Multan: Strict legal action will be taken against parents who refuse to administer polio drops to their kids. Therefore, get your children administered polio drops to protect them from lifelong disabilities, asserted Multan Division…

APP Bahawalpur: The five-day anti-polio campaign is starting on October 2 in the Bahawalpur district, where more than 0.8 million children up to five years old will be vaccinated against polio. Bahawalpur Deputy Commissioner (DC)…

APP Faisalabad: As many as 1.53677 million children up to the age of five years would be administered polio drops during the campaign starting from October 2 to October 8, informed Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Nayyar Sheikh. The…