Polio vaccination from tomorrow.

LAHORE -- Punjab Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) coordinator and polio programme head Khizer Afzaal Chaudhry has called on the district administrations to ensure provision of adequate security to the workers' teams during the polio eradication campaign starting from Monday (tomorrow).

He was addressing a meeting held to review the status of preparedness of the upcoming polio eradication campaign.

The district health management teams of 12 districts, including the chief executive officers, district health officers and partner staff, participated in the meeting via a video link.

Mr Chaudhry stressed wrapping up the orientation of polio teams on time. 'The district health administrations shall wrap up team training on time to ensure quality,' he said.

Speaking about the risk of virus importation from endemic zones, he directed the districts to make adequate arrangements of vaccination of children at the transit points. He said all transitory and mobile populations who had entered Punjab to earn their livelihoods were be integrated into micro-plans.

Programme head stresses enough security for vaccinators

'Although Punjab is free of polio virus yet it is at the risk of imported virus recirculation. Therefore, the districts need to map and vaccinate every child belonging to the high-risk mobile populations.'

The EOC coordinator urged the Rajanpur deputy commissioner to ensure provision of security to the polio teams.

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