A four-day anti-polio campaign started in Federally Administrated Tribal Areas and Frontier Regions on Monday along with high-risk districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa amid tough security arrangements. The campaign will be carried out in most affected areas of Khyber, North and South Waziristan Agencies. Children up to five years will be administered anti- polio drops.
During the drive in DI Khan, at least 25,30,000 will be inoculated polio drops in 25 union councils of the district for which 998 teams have been formed. District Police Officer (DPO) Dera Ismail Khan has said that special security arrangements have been made for the polio teams with 900 policemen deployed on duty. Moreover, Ulema and local representatives have also been included in the campaign.
On the other hand, four-day anti-polio campaign is also being carried out in most affected areas of Khyber, North and South Waziristan agencies. Tight security arrangements have been made for the polio vaccination teams. Meanwhile, KP Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra has expressed satisfaction over the last five campaigns and directed to continue with the same spirit for achieving hundred percent result. He also decided to give awards to the officers, supervisors and field staff on better performance.