Parents urged to ensure children vaccinated against polio.

ISLAMABAD -- Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel has appealed to parents to ensure that their children of less than five years are administered polio vaccination drops

According to a statement, he said that the campaign, which has been started in Sindh and Punjab in first phase, would continue till March 17.

The five-day vaccination campaign is being held in two phases due to the concurring activities of the seventh national census. In the first phase, over 17.41 million children under the age of five in 13 districts of Punjab and 16 districts of Sindh and Islamabad are being vaccinated from March 13 to March 17.

The second phase will start from April 3 to 7 to vaccinate more than 4.12 million children in 12 districts of Balochistan and 26 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including the seven districts in the southern region of the province.

Mr Patel has urged parents and caregivers to ensure that their children receive the life-saving polio vaccine so that they remain protected from poliovirus, which has been found circulating in environmental samples.

No human case of polio has been reported in Pakistan since September 2022...