Anti-polio drive; missed children to be covered in a week.

RAWALPINDI -- Incharge Anti-polio drive Chaudary Muhammad Hussain Friday said around 15,000 children missed anti-polio drops for certain reasons, being out of the city or not present at home.

Talking to reporter, he said children who had missed immunization would be administered next week.

He said over 862,000 children, below five years of age, were administered anti-polio drops out of the set target of 878,000 children under a five-day drive that started on December 16.

Hussain informed that 2,353 teams including 228 zonal supervisors, 37 transit points and allied and tehsil hospitals participated in the drive to complete the task of immunization.

He...

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