He was chairing a meeting on Friday to review readiness of districts regarding the polio eradication campaign starting from June 3 (Monday). “The positive environmental samples indicate that there are pockets of unimmunized children who are vulnerable to polio virus. The EOC coordinator instructed the provincial EOC team to develop a proforma to monitor performance of district officials on weekly basis based on key priority indicators including field meetings and priority community interventions. Mr Afzaal stressed on the district officials to multi-task which was need of the hour considering intense polio virus transmission and other health priorities. He announced that polio campaign will start from Monday June 3 which will continue for 7 days in mega districts including Lahore, Faisalabad and Rawalpindi.
