1,300 policemen deployed on security of polio workers

District

SARGODHA:A five-day anti-polio vaccination campaign is underway in the district as 1,300 policemen

are performing security duty.

According to a police spokesman on Tuesday, the policemen were providing security to

polio workers while a security squad and Elite Force teams would continue patrolling.

DPO Muhammad Tariq Aziz appealed to the public to cooperate with officials to ensure

complete eradication of the disease from the country.

Meanwhile, polio workers were visiting door to door to administer drops to children

under the age of five years.

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