BAHAWALPUR:Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur Zaheer Anwar Jappa inaugurated the anti-polio drive by vaccinating children at his office today. The five-day anti-polio campaign is starting on October 2 in the Bahawalpur district in which more than 0.8 million children up to five years old age will be vaccinated against polio. The door-to-door campaign will continue from October 2 to October 4 in which polio teams will go door-to-door to give polio drops to children. The left-out children will be vaccinated under the catch-up activity on October 5 and October 6. As many as 3276 mobile teams, 195 fixed teams, and 136 transit teams will work in the field during the polio campaign. Special teams have been formed for vaccinating children residing in remote areas of Cholistan. In addition, 132 Union Council Monitoring Officers and 667 Area Incharges will supervise the campaign. Children will also be given vitamin-A capsules to improve their immunity. CEO Health Dr Syed Tanveer Hussain, WHO representative Dr Masood, and others were present on the occasion.
Sunday, October 18, 2026