21.6m children vaccinated during anti-polio drive

LAHORE: At least 21.6 million children were administered polio drops during the last four days across the province.

Friday was the last day of anti-polio drive in the Punjab province.

According to a spokesman, more than 1.6 million children were given polio vaccine in Lahore, seven lakh children in Rawalpindi, 1.2 million in Faisalabad, more than 990,000 children were administered polio vaccine in Multan.

During the anti-polio campaign, the target was set to vaccinate more than 22.5 million children.

The spokesman said that over two lakh polio workers were part of the drive. In Lahore, 14,000 workers administered polio drops while going door-to-door in all localities.

Khizr Afzal, head of the Punjab Anti-Polio Programme, told APP that all district officers supervised the anti-polio campaign themselves. He said the data of the anti-polio campaign was being closely reviewed.