Over 0.8m people vaccinated against COVID in Faisalabad

By Menahill Rashid

FAISALABAD: The next Anti Polio Campaign in Faisalabad district would remain continuing from August 2nd-to- 6th in the district and 1,326937 children up to the age of five years would be administered with the polio drops, for which 3549 polio teams are going to perform their duties and all necessary arrangements have been finalized in this regard.
This was informed by Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Ali during the meeting of District Polio Eradication Committee. ADCG Khurram Pervaiz, CEO DHA Dr.Mushtaq Sipra,DHO Dr. Bilal Ahmad and other officers of various departments were also present in this meeting.
Deputy Commissioner informed & directed, before the campaign, all necessary arrangements should be completed keeping n view of micro-plan so that the weaknesses and shortcomings could be rectified appropriately. He further clarified that, every round of polio was important and therefore the training of relevant staff should be completed before time, besides awareness of parents with all out resources should be utilize at any cost.
He said adding that, all arrangements should be made finalize at Tehsil level also and no negligence would be tolerated in this regard. He also cleared that corona SOPs should be implemented as per guidelines.
DHO also briefed the house on arrangements of next Polio campaign.