ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities launched “special” anti-polio campaigns in the country’s southwestern Balochistan and northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provinces, and the southern port city of Karachi on Monday, the state-run Radio Pakistan said in a report.

The polio campaigns were launched in KP’s three districts and Balochistan’s 10 districts, the report said.

“According to Emergency Operation Center Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, during the 5-day campaign more than one point two million children up to five years of age will be administered anti-polio vaccine drops,” the report added.