A six-month-old in Taunsa Sharif has been diagnosed with the poliovirus. The infant has become Punjab’s fifth and Pakistan’s 60th polio case of 2020.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the most affected with 21 cases, Sindh has 20, Balochistan 14 and Punjab five.
An anti-polio immunisation campaign is underway across the country since July 20.
Karachi’s Orangi, Baldia, Liaquat, SITE towns and North Nazimabad, Punjab’s Faisalabad and Attock, KP’s South Waziristan and Quetta in Balochistan are some of the areas where the drives are being held.
Over 32,000 polio workers are vaccinating around 800,000 children in high- risk areas, said Dr Zafar Mirza, the former special assistant to the PM on health. They will be observing full precautions for COVID-19.
He also requested parents to cooperate with the polio workers and get their children immunised.
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