A three-day anti-polio campaign began in selected areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa FATA, Frontier Regions and Balochistan on Monday.
Reports quoting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Directorate said that the campaign has been launched in Lakki Marwat, DI Khan, Karak, Tank, Bannu and Hangu districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, South Waziristan Agency and Frontier Regions. During the campaign, more than one million children up to five years of age will be administered anti-polio drops.
In Balochistan, the anti-polio drive was also launched in Quetta, Barkhan, Jaffarabad, Naseerabad, Qilla Saifullah, Loralai, Zhob, Dera Bugti, Kohlu and Sherani districts on Monday.
According to Balochistan Polio Emergency Operation Centre Coordinator Syed Faisal Ahmed, during the drive, more than six hundred thousand children below the age of five would be administered anti-polio vaccination.
Special security measures have been taken to avoid any untoward incident during the campaign.