Five-day anti-polio campaign kicks off in KP

PESHAWAR: A five-day special anti-polio drive in sixteen districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) kicked-off on Monday (today).

According to Emergency Operation Center Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the districts where the campaign conducting includes Peshawar, Upper Dir, Hangu, Karak, Kohat, Lakki Marwat, Tank, Khyber, Bajaur, Orakzai, Kurram,  Buner, Dera Ismail Khan, Lower Dir, South Waziristan and North Waziristan districts of the province.

More than three million children up to five years of age will be administered anti-polio drops during the drive. Ten thousand four hundred and eighty-five teams have been constituted which will ensure administering the anti-polio vaccine to each and every child.

Police officials ex­pressed satisfaction over securi­ty measures for polio teams after visiting different places.

The authorities also ordered security staff to keep vigilant while performing their du­ties and for further tightening the security steps adopted for po­lio workers’ teams.