ISLAMABAD: Pakistani health volunteers have vaccinated over 44.1 million children against poliovirus in six days so far, the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) said on Sunday as the nationwide campaign entered its last day.
Pakistan kicked off the seven-day anti-polio campaign on Feb. 2 to vaccinate over 45 million children under the age of five against poliovirus.
In Punjab, health workers have vaccinated over 22.9 million children, in Sindh 10.4 million, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) 7.1 million, in Balochistan 2.324 million, in Islamabad over 455,000, in Gilgit-Baltistan over 261,000 and in Azad Kashmir over 673,000 in the last six days, the NEOC said.
“In six days, vaccination of more than 44.1 million children has been completed across the country,” the NEOC said in a statement.
It said over 400,000 trained polio workers are going door-to-door to administer polio drops to children.
