ISLAMABAD: (News Desk) – The six-day nationwide anti-polio vaccination campaign, launched in 97 selected districts across Pakistan on November 2, 2026, is concluding today (Sunday), with approximately 24 million children receiving polio vaccine drops.
According to a private channel, more than 200,000 polio workers took part in the campaign, visiting households and vaccination points to ensure that children under five years of age received the necessary doses.
The National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) for Polio Eradication said vaccination activities were continuing across the country. It also reported that nine polio cases had been detected in different parts of Pakistan during the current year.
According to the NEOC, Punjab recorded the vaccination of 9.126 million children, while 7.019 million children received polio drops across 20 districts of Sindh.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, approximately 4.673 million children were vaccinated across 27 districts. Meanwhile, 2.212 million children received polio drops in 31 districts of Balochistan.
The campaign also covered Islamabad, where more than 450,000 children were vaccinated. In three selected districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, over 161,000 children received polio drops.
Similarly, approximately 192,000 children were vaccinated in two selected districts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The NEOC urged parents to cooperate with vaccination teams and ensure that all children below five years of age receive polio drops during every campaign.
Health authorities have stressed that repeated vaccination is essential to protect children against the crippling disease and prevent the spread of the poliovirus.
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