Special polio drive begins in 13 Punjab districts.

LAHORE -- Polio teams on Monday started their journey door-to-door to vaccinate children as the Sub-National ImmuAnization Days (SNIDs) commenced in 13 Punjab districts. The campaign is being held in Bahawalpur, BhakAkar, DG Khan, Faisalabad, Lahore, Layyah, Mianwali, Multan, RajanApur, Rawalpindi, Rahim Yar Khan, Sheikhupura and Sialkot. In RawalApindi campaign is being held in seAlected union councils. While in rest of the districts, the campaign will be held in full district. Campaign will continue in Lahore, Rawalpindi and Faisalabad for seven days. While in other districts the campaign will last five days. Over 90,000 polio workAers are participating in the drive to immunize more than 11.35 million children under the age of five against polio. This includes: 7452 area in-charges, 1783 union council medical officers, 37804 mobile polio team members, 2401 fixed team members and 1399 transit team members. Punjab Emergency Operations CenAter (EOC) has deployed stakeholders from all areas to facilitate impleAmentation of the polio campaign in priority areas. On Monday, the head of the polio prorgamme and PunAjab Emergency Operations Centre...

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