RAWALPINDI: Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Ali on Thursday said that the training of polio teams is in the final stages across the district while all polio workers have been given special training to implement COVID-19 SOPs during the campaign.
He expressed these views while presiding over a meeting of the District Emergency Response Committee here at his office.
The DC directed the officials to upgrade the previous micro plan and made a part of this campaign being launched from September 20.
Muhammad Ali directed the officials to give special attention to children coming from outside the districts and belonged to remote areas.
He directed the officials to devise a strategy to achieve the 100 per cent target of the campaign and made efforts with the help of the elders of the area to bring down the refusal and unattended cases to zero levels.
Muhammad Ali said that Polio is a National issue and it is the responsibility of all to play an effective role to make the country Polio free.
The DC advised parents to come forward and play their role in ensuring vaccination of their children to eliminate the crippling disease.