LARKANA    -   Anti polio drive will be kick off at Larkana District from January 11(Monday) to January 17 and all-out arrangements have been finalized in this regard. More than 306850 children of the district up to five years of age would be vaccinated Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) during the National polio campaign. District Health Officer (DHO) Larkana Dr. Aijaz Ahmed Shaikh said on Saturday that the children upto five years of age would be administered Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) during the three days campaign. He said 812 mobile teams had been constituted which would visit all the areas including the remote, far-flung areas of the district to accomplish the task. He further said that three (3) Roaming polio teams had also been constituted in Larkana city to cover children during four days campaign. DHO Larkana said that thirty transit polio teams had also been performed their duty in this regard.

 and they would be available at Railway Station, Bus stops and various markets of the district during the campaign. He exhorted the parents to be cooperative with the visiting mobile polio teams to make the national anti-polio campaign successful.