Anti-polio drive kicks off in Sialkot district.

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...

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