Sukkur: Divisional Commissioner Sukkur Fayyaz Hussain Abbasi has said that polio virus has been confirmed from the environmental sample of Sukkur, a case has been revealed from Shikarpur and the only solution to prevent polio virus is to give children two drops.
He expressed these views while talking to the media on the occasion of his visit to Civil Hospital Ghotki on Sunday.
Deputy Commissioner Ghotki Dr Syed Muhammad Ali and other officials were accompanied by him.
Speaking on this occasion, the divisional Commissioner said that only two countries in the world, Pakistan and Afghanistan, have the polio virus.
During this year, more than 12 polio cases have been registered in Balochistan, from where countless people came to Sukkur. There is always a risk of polio virus spreading in Sukkur because it is a central district.
He said that 3 cases have been registered in Sindh, out of which two have come from Karachi and one from Shikarpur, so we all must give our children vaccinations against the virus dur
ing the polio campaign during routine immunization. Children should also be vaccinated so that they can be protected from life-threatening diseases.
On this occasion, Deputy Commissioner Ghotki Dr Syed Muhammad Ali told the media that during the polio campaign that will continue from September 9 to September 15, 4 lakh 77 thousand 972 children of the district will be given polio vaccine, for which all the arrangements have been completed. In this regard, instructions have been issued to all assistant commissioners and concerned medical officers to monitor the campaign so that no child in the district is deprived of drinking drops.