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Week-long anti-polio drive begins today

The government has postponed the anti-polio campaign in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa till next week.

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Week-long anti-polio drive begins today
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Lahore: A week-long anti-polio campaign begins in various districts of Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan on Monday.

In Punjab, over two million children under five years age will be vaccinated in twelve districts, including Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Bhakkar, Dera Ghazi (DG) Khan, Layyah, Mianwali, Multan, Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur, Rahim Yar Khan and Sheikhupura.

In Sindh, about seven hundred thousand children will be administered anti-polio drops in Hyderabad and Larkana district.

In Balochistan, over 1.2 million children up to five years of age would be administered anti-polio drops in eighteen districts.

The government has postponed the anti-polio campaign in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa till next week.

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