A five-day anti polio drive would commence from February 24 during the campaign,1408 polio teams would go door-to-door and administer polio drops to 711,744 children less than five years of age in all tehsils and union councils of the Rawalpindi district.
The health authorities suggested to the district officers to take steps, under Section 144, against those hindering the campaign. It was also decided that 95 polio centres would be established in urban areas in order to facilitate the citizens and serve them at their doorsteps.
He said staff deployed for the campaign has been issued special instructions and informed that no negligence in this regard would be tolerated.
The Health Department officials have been directed to remain vigilant, particularly in those areas where polio-virus was found during the last year's campaign, the District programme coordinator Javaid Iqbal Chaudhry said. All possible steps had been taken by the Health Department to make the campaign a success, he added.
Javaid said, "1408 mobile teams have been constituted for door-to-door vaccination of the children. Besides that 350 special centers will be set up to facilitate the parents so that their children could be vaccinated in nearby areas.
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