Report: Kiran Shehzadi/ANI
RAWALPINDI — Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi Captain (Retd.) Nadeem Nasir chaired a meeting to review the progress of the ongoing anti-polio campaign, attended by the CEO Health and other relevant officials.
The meeting was informed that by the second day of the campaign, 575,924 children had been vaccinated against a target of 989,924, achieving 58 percent coverage. Household administrative coverage was recorded at 91 percent.
Officials further reported that 53,607 children who had missed vaccination for various reasons had been identified, of whom 31,948 had subsequently been vaccinated. Efforts are underway to reach the remaining children.
Deputy Commissioner Nadeem Nasir directed the relevant teams to ensure that no child was left unvaccinated. He called for special attention to missed children, refusing families and cases where children were unavailable at home.
He also instructed all relevant departments to ensure effective coordination, monitoring and follow-up to achieve the campaign targets and make Rawalpindi a polio-free district.
