ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday started a three-day cross-country offensive to polio drive by administering polio drops to kids under age 5.
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The Prime minister said they started a cross-country drive to beat the return of polio cases.
The prime minister stated that floods in the mid-year season had vexed the public drive. Despite that massive number of problems, the polio employees finished the onus with their driving forward exertion and duty.
He further saw, unfortunately, Pakistan was among a couple of countries where polio cases had returned.
The prime minister said they had reports of around 20 occasions of Polio disease from Waziristan.
Yet taking into account undertakings, these were restricted and controlled and didn’t spread to various parts.
PM explained their efforts to eliminate Polio.
The prime minister conveyed during a telephonic discussion that Bill Entryways had presented his commitment to assist the government’s undertakings with getting out of the illness.
The prime minister correspondingly offered his appreciation to the WHO, partners, related divisions, policing, and the young ladies of the country for their procedure with attempts and responsibilities.
The prime minister implied that he had held details with the federal health ministry officials and others.
The federal and provincial governments were sustaining these undertakings.
He gave sureness that they would prevent the disease with hard and fast undertakings. Earlier, the prime minister other than offered affirmations to the best-performing polio employees.
Federal government to launch an anti-polio campaign today
On the other hand, the federal government has chosen to move off the cross-country against polio campaign from Monday (today).
As shown by information, the federal government has completed conversations with the areas on the cross-country against polio campaign. They will carry out the mission in two phases.
The first stage will be between January 16 to 20, and the second stage will be from 23 to 29.
The counter-polio drive will run in Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, and four undeniable locales.
There will be a two-day threat to the polio mission and two days of finding a fair speed campaign the country over.
