SIALKOT:Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Khurram Niazi said during the 3-day National Anti-polio campaign, a total of 772,711 children under the age of 5 years would be vaccinated against polio.
The three-day campaign would continue till January 18 and a follow-up campaign would be conducted on January 19 and 20.
Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Khurram Niazi said that for the national anti-polio campaign, 2676 mobile teams would go door-to-door to administer polio vaccine as well as give them vitamin-A capsules.
Similarly, teams were appointed for vaccination at transit and fixed points.
He said that the environmental sample came positive from Sialkot in last year (August 2022), after that continuous anti-polio campaigns were being conducted so that the new generation could be protected from lifelong disability caused by polio.
Deputy Commissioner said that a comprehensive plan of the police was made to provide foolproof security to the polio teams.
He hoped that the parents would fully cooperate with the teams during the anti-polio campaign.