After the confirmation of the virus in Lahore, the campaign to administer polio vaccine to more than 6 million children in 39 districts of the country will begin tomorrow. Necessary precautions and measures are taken to eradicate polio from the country even though the virus weakens during the winters.
The campaign will be fully concluded in 9 districts by February 17. Whereas a partial campaign will be conducted in 30 districts in order to protect the future generations from permanent disability.
The government urged parents to allow health workers to vaccinate their children, because the country cannot battle against the virus without the support and cooperation of the adults.
The first sample of poliovirus in 2023 was detected in an environmental sample in the country’s second-largest city, Lahore, in the month of January.