{"id":2736,"date":"2024-04-29T14:26:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T09:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=2736"},"modified":"2024-04-29T14:28:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T09:28:02","slug":"polio-campaign-launched-to-vaccinate-over-24m-children-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=2736","title":{"rendered":"Polio campaign launched to vaccinate over 24m children in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ISLAMABAD:<\/strong> A vaccination campaign to immunize more than 24 million children under the age of five against poliovirus started in 91 districts of Pakistan on Monday, April 29, said\u00a0 an official statement<\/p>\n<p>The campaign is being held in Islamabad, 10 districts of Punjab, 24 districts of Sindh, 26 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 30 districts of Balochistan, during which polio teams will go house-to-house bringing the crucial oral polio vaccine with them.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinator to the PM on the National Health Services Dr Malik Mukhtar Ahmed Bharath said that the government is committed to ensuring that all children are protected from this terrible disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPoliovirus has been detected in multiple sewage samples in the country in recent months which means this virus remains a serious threat to children\u2019s wellbeing,\u201d said Dr Bharat, adding that this disease has no cure and the only way to protect children is to vaccinate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are sending polio teams to your homes, so make sure to open your door to vaccinators and get your child vaccinated,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Shahzad Baig, Coordinator of the National Emergency Operations Center for Polio Eradication, said that this is a critical campaign being held in districts with high risk of poliovirus spread.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have detected the virus in over 31 districts this year, which is why we are continuing to implement regular vaccination campaigns in all high-risk districts to ensure that children have the immunity to fight off polio infection,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: A vaccination campaign to immunize more than 24 million children under the age of five against poliovirus started in 91 districts of Pakistan on Monday, April 29, said\u00a0 an official statement The campaign is being held in Islamabad, 10 districts of Punjab, 24 districts of Sindh, 26 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 30 districts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,16],"tags":[142],"ppma_author":[95],"class_list":{"0":"post-2736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest","8":"category-pakistan","9":"tag-top-stories-2"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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