Anti-polio campaign targets over 0.28m children in Tharparkar

MITHI   -   National anti-polio drive will commence from November 30 to December 4 and during the campaign about 280,923 children up to five years would be administered anti-polio vaccine.  A meeting was held on Friday to review and finalise arrangements in deputy commissioner office Tharparkar Muhammad Nawaz Soho in chair. The meeting was informed that a total 1,046 teams had been devised including 877 mobile teams, 73 fixed point teams and 96 transit teams, while 74 UCMOs and 213 area incharges would supervise the teams.  During the National Anti-Polio Campaign commencing from Nov 30, 2020 to Dec 04, 2020 across the district, 634 lady health workers would administer the polio drops to the children of up to five years at their homes.  The DC urged officials of relevant departments to ensure 100 percent success of the polio campaign by playing a proactive role in administering the vaccine. He also instructed for observance of SOPs in the wake of the second wave of corona pandemic during training and field work of polio teams.

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