Peshawar: An anti-polio campaign has been launched in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, during which 15,000 personnel have been deployed for the security of the teams.
Chief Minister KPK Ali Amin Gandapur officially launched the campaign by administering polio drops to children. The 5-day anti-polio campaign will continue from July 1 to 5, under which 6 complete districts of the province, Swabi, Swat, Tank, Anti-polio drops will be administered in North Waziristan, South Waziristan Lower and South Waziristan Upper.
The campaign includes 22 Union Councils of DI Khan, 3 of Peshawar and one UC each of Karam, Bannu and Lucky Marwat.
The Chief Minister of Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur has said that under the campaign, a total of 12 lakh 99 thousand children have been set as the target of anti-polio vaccination. For this purpose, 9,921 teams have been formed for the protection of which around 15,000 security personnel will be deployed.
He said that the encouraging thing is that no case of polio has been reported so far this year. We have to make the country and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa polio free. Parents are requested to give their children anti-polio shots and protect them from life-long disability.
Ali Amin Gandapur said that he salutes the sacrifices of the workers and forces personnel who gave their lives in the course of duty in the anti-polio campaign.
