RAWALPINDI: Executive District Officer Arshad Ali Sabir on Friday said that a five-day polio drive would commence in the entire district from September 7.
During the campaign 1,950 polio teams would go door-to-door and administer polio drops to 811,708 children of ages less than five years in all the tehsils and union councils of the district, he said.
“The campaign was scheduled to start on August 22 but did not as the security personnel are deputed at the T-20 match series,” Sabir said.
He said all possible steps have been taken by the department to make the campaign a success. The EDO said that 1,950 polio teams, 396 area in-charges, 204 medical officers, allied hospitals and tehsil headquarter hospitals would participate in the drive.
“Sufficient quantity of vaccine is available and no stone will be left unturned in our effort to make the campaign a success,” he said.
He urged the citizens – particularly the parents – to come forward and play their role for the elimination of the crippling disease from society and said that the parents should cooperate with the special teams so that the set target could be achieved.
