HYDERABAD, May 24: The 76th round of anti-polio campaign would be launched in Hyderabad on May 26, which would continue for three days, announced EDO of health Dr Bakhsh Ali Pitafi and district focal person Dr Ahmed Hyder at a press conference at the press club on Saturday.

They said that 297,020 children would be administered anti-polio drops for which 624 mobile teams had been constituted and 79 fixed points and 32 transit points had been established.

Six supervisors, 21 zonal in-charges and 141 area in-charges had been appointed and the campaign would be supervised and monitored by the representatives of WHO and UNICEF and district health officers, they said.

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