Polio vaccination to start in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from March 3 - Pakistan

The International News
Feb 27, 2024

Polio vaccination to start in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from March 3 - Pakistan


ISLAMABAD: Around 45.8 million children up to the age of five years would be administered Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) drops during the National Immunisation Days (NIDs) which started today (Monday), while polio vaccination in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will commence from March 3, 2024, officials said.

Around 406,615 team members, including 334,197 mobile members, 12,968 transit workers, 10,553 fixed workers as well as thousands of supervisors and monitors have been deployed across the country to administer the polio vaccine drops to children, officials said, adding that the National Immunisation Days will continue till March 3, 2024 in entire Pakistan except KP.

 

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