Extended Programme for Immunization (EPI) of Punjab Health Department is going to start another three-day anti-polio campaign from February 24, said EPI Additional Director Dr Nazir Hussain on Saturday.
He said that polio drops would be administered to children upto five years of age in all districts of Punjab province. Over 9.1 million children are expected to be administered anti-polio drops during this drive, Dr Nazir said, adding that anti-polio centres had been set in districts to monitor the drive. He said that despite the surfacing of some cases of polio, it would be eliminated in the current year.