Week-long anti-polio drive continues for second day

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The week-long nationwide anti-polio campaign continued for the second day on Tuesday under which vaccinators were visiting door to door to administer anti-polio drops to children below the age of five.

Forty-five point eight million children were expected to be vaccinated against the crippling disease during the second drive of this year.

Children would also be given Vitamin A supplements to boost their immunity.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the anti-polio drive started in the Lakki Marwat and Dera Ismail Khan districts in the first phase. In the second phase, an anti-polio drive would be conducted in 33 districts of the province from the 3rd to the 9th of next month.

Meanwhile, strict security arrangements have been made to provide security to the anti-polio workers.