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A CAMPAIGN AGAINST POLIO WILL START ON MARCH 25.

A CAMPAIGN AGAINST POLIO WILL START ON MARCH 25.

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ISLAMABAD: From March 25 to 28, the federal government will conduct a concentrated anti-polio campaign throughout Sindh, Punjab, and Balochistan.

A health worker administers oral polio vaccine to a child at a slum in Karachi. PHOTO: APP/FILE

The campaign will begin in districts where sewage sample results are positive, according to sources who spoke with Express News.

More than 8.2 million children will receive vaccinations in 26 districts, including eight in Sindh, seven in Punjab, and eleven in Balochistan, as part of the ongoing campaign.

The campaign to combat polio will start in several parts of Kasur, Khairpur, and Faisalabad. Ghotki, Jacobabad, Kashmore, Khairpur, Sukkur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan, Rajanpur, Okara, and Rahim Yar Khan will all be involved.

Dera Bugti, Usta Muhammad, Sibi, Hub, Chaman, Khuzdar, Kech, Lasbela, Sohbatpur, Naseerabad, and Jaffarabad will also see the start of the campaign.

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