PESHAWAR: A polio vaccination campaign in three specific districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including Tank, Lakki Marwat and DI Khan, would kick off from Monday (today), said a press release issued here by the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC).

During the campaign, around 672,715 children below the age of five would be administered polio drops.

Of the total targeted children, around 94,457 are in Tank, 205,532 in Lakki and 372,726 in Dera.

Around 4,547 teams of trained polio workers have been constituted for coverage of the children.

A total of 4,896 personnel have been deputed for the security of the polio teams during the vaccination campaign.

In the first phase of polio vaccination campaign, which started on Sept 9, a target of 6.425 million children was set for inoculation in 27 districts of the province.

Published in Dawn, September 23rd, 2024

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