January 21, 2021
Over 40 million children received polio vaccination during 2021 anti-polio drive
ISLAMABAD: More than 40 million Pakistani children under the age of five years received vaccination during the latest nationwide anti-polio campaign, the health ministry said on Sunday. A total of 287,000 frontline polio workers were deployed across the country for door-to-door vaccination, following strict standard operating procedures in the context of Covid-19 pandemic. Around 32m children were given vitamin A supplements during the campaign. National Coordinator for the Polio Eradication Initiative and Expanded Programme of Immunisation Dr. Rana Muhammad Safdar said in a statement that the fight against poliovirus was rejuvenated through the delivery of successful polio campaigns last year.
