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Anti-polio campaign begins in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Thursday
October 20, 2021

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A five-day anti-polio campaign begins in thirteen districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from tomorrow (Thursday).

According to Emergency Operation Center Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the districts include Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, Mardan, Swabi, Mohmand, Khyber, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Lakki Marwat, Tank, North Waziristan and South Waziristan.

More than three point one million children up to five years of age will be administered anti-polio drops.

About fifteen thousand teams have been constituted which will visit door to door to ensure administration of anti-polio drops to the children. Polio teams will also be deployed at railway stations, bus stands and other public places.