News @ 3 - 8th April 2018

ISLAMABAD: The government has initiated a five-day anti-polio campaign in Punjab and three-day anti-polio drive in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, FATA, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir from today.

This polio vaccination drive is started with an aim to reach 38.7 million children under the age of 5.

Dr. Rana Mohammad Safdar, the national coordinator for polio eradication, says that some 260,000 polio workers will take part in the campaign. He says authorities hope a similar campaign will soon be launched in the tribal regions.

Pakistan is one of few countries where polio is still endemic, along with Afghanistan and Nigeria.