Karachi: Caretaker Health Minister Sindh Doctor Saad Khalid inaugurated one week polio drive on Monday (today) in Karachi.
Dr Saad Khalid apprised that samples of environment of polio look similar to Afghanistan.
The provincial health minister expressed hope that the results of environmental sample turn negative for next time.
He appealed the masses of city to must administer polio drops to your child.
A five-day anti-polio campaign has begun across the country from today to eradicate the crippling disease.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, more than 7.4 million children up to five years of age will be administered polio drops during the campaign.
Caretaker Health Minister #Sindh Dr. Saad Khalid Niaz inaugurated a seven-day anti-polio campaign from Sachal Medical Center. More than 10 million children will be vaccinated in the province
— Sindh Information Department (@sindhinfodepart) November 27, 2023
Thirty one thousand teams have been constituted to vaccinate the children.
Likewise, in Balochistan, more than eleven thousand teams have been constituted for the door to door vaccination drive to inoculate 2.5 million children up to the age of five years.
According to the Polio Emergency Operation Center, vaccination campaign in Quetta, Pishin and Qilla Abdullah has been continuing since Friday.
Similarly, in the province of Sindh, teams comprising more than 80 thousand polio workers will go door to door to administer the vaccine to over 10 million children of up-to 5 years of age in 30 districts of the province.
Meanwhile, Sindh Chief Secretary has also directed the Health Department to ensure that children are administered polio drops at all railway stations and bus terminals as well.