Share:Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for immediate actions needed for the complete elimination of the poliovirus in the country after it emerged that no case of the crippling disease has been reported during the past six months. Imran Khan also called for utilizing all resources needed to eliminate the virus and said that immediate measures should be taken in this regard. It is pertinent to mention here that a nationwide polio campaign is currently underway in Pakistan with a target to administer drops to 23 million children across the country in a bid to fight the crippling disease. National Coordinator for Polio programme Dr. Shahzad Baig said that 179,000 polio workers would participate in the nationwide campaign while completely adopting COVID SOPs. “Administering polio drops to children upto the age of five years old is mandatory and the parents should welcome workers reaching out to them,” he said.

Source: The Nation August 03, 2021 09:22 UTC