Over 30m children vaccinated in 128 districts.

ISLAMABAD -- More than 30 million children under the age of five years were vaccinated in 128 districts across the country during the week-long subnational polio eradication campaign of Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme that concluded on Sunday. The polio eradication campaign which was started on October 26, covered areas 33 districts of Punjab, 33 districts of Balochistan, 41 districts of Sindh, eight districts of Gilgit Baltistan, 10 districts of AJK and one district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said an official of the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme. He said that during this campaign more than 210,000

frontline workers visited door to door to protect children...

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