ISLAMABAD-Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan MATSUDA Kuninori Friday welcomed the resumption of polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan on July 20, after a suspension of four months due to COVID-19 outbreak.  “As a total of 58 polio cases have been reported in Pakistan as of July 20 in the ...

ISLAMABAD-A special targeted case response anti-polio campaign begins in selected districts across the country, from today [Monday]. In Punjab, a five-day anti-polio drive is being launched in 44 union councils of Faisalabad and 14 union councils of Attock. In Karachi, the anti-polio drive is being ...

ISLAMABAD-Anti-polio campaign in Punjab would be resumed on July 20 (Monday) after a four-month hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.It was informed in a meeting jointly chaired by Provincial Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid and Chief Secretary Punjab Jawwad Rafique Malik held here on Friday to ...

ISLAMABAD-:The Punjab government has announced to restart anti-polio vaccination campaign across the province despite the COVID-19 outbreak. According to details, the provincial government has started preparations to launch anti-polio drive in Punjab in the second week of July. In this connection, ...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan says eradication of polio from the province is the top priority of the government. Presiding over a meeting in Peshawar on Friday, he directed law enforcement agencies and the concerned government department to ensure close liaison to make the ...

Three day anti-polio campaign begins across Sindh and selected districts of Punjab and Balochistan from today. In Sindh, around 5.5 million children under-five years of age will be vaccinated against polio virus during the campaign. The campaign will continue for a week in all six districts of ...

A high-level meeting of the Primary and Secondary Healthcare to review anti-polio drive was held in Lahore today with Minister for Health, Dr Yasmin Rashid in the chair today. Addressing the meeting, the Minister stressed upon all the concerned departments to collaborate with one another to make ...

A country-wide campaign to administer anti-polio drops to children under five years of age starts today (Monday).  National Coordinator of Polio Eradication Programme Dr. Rana Safdar told Radio Pakistan Islamabad that the anti-polio drive will target thirty-nine million children in all four ...

A three-day anti-polio campaign will begin in twenty-five districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa tomorrow. According to Provincial Health Department, about five point six million children up to five years of age will be administered anti-polio vaccine during the campaign.  More than twenty-seven ...

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has directed the authorities concerned to devise a comprehensive plan for launching an anti-polio campaign. While presiding over a high-level meeting on anti-polio campaign, he said that saving children from the crippling disease was a ...