5-day anti-polio drive successfully in process in AJK.

MIRPUR (AJK) -- In Azad Jammu and Kashmir, the five-day anti-polio drive was successively continuing on the third successive day on Wednesday.

More than 7.11 lakh children of under 5 years of age would be administered the anti-polio vaccine during the campaign started on Monday, official sources said.

In Muzaffarabad district, 1,24,249 children up to five year age would be administered anti-polio vaccines and Vitamin A-drops and for this purpose 359 mobile teams had been constituted, while 58 fixed and 19 transit points had been set up by Polio Eradication Committee.

The state health department's Polio Eradication Committee had made adequate arrangement to executive the polio-eradication campaign in a befitting manner.

All headmasters of government and private schools will be part of the mobile teams. A control room has also been set up at the deputy commissioner office.

Highlighting the salient features of the anti polio campaign, the health department's spokesperson said over 2004 mobile para-medical staff teams had been constituted, whereas 397 fixed units and 124 transit points at prominent public places including buses and wagons stands were set up in all ten districts of...