A seven-day anti-polio campaign kicked off here, nearly 2.58 m children will be immunized across the Karachi Division.Polio teams consisting of as many as 12,414 polio workers have been formed which will administer polio drops to children up to 5 years of age in all areas of Karachi.The Health Minister Dr. Saad Khalid had announced the launch of a seven-day special anti-polio campaign.
after the recent emergence of polio cases and positive sewage samples in Karachi.
According to the spokesman, DrSaad Khalid Niaz also appealed to the citizens to cooperate with the polio teams during the anti-polio campaign and immunized their children to protect them from disability.
It is pertinent to mention here that the first case of polio was reported in Gadap town Karachi.
