The National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) said on Sunday that more than 44.5 million children were vaccinated during the six-day nationwide anti-polio campaign, the second countrywide drive which concludes today.
In a statement, the NEOC said that over 22.9 million children were administered the vaccine in Punjab, while more than 10.3 million children were inoculated in Sindh.
The campaign also covered approximately 7.15 million children in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 2.58 million in Balochistan.
In Azad Jammu and Kashmir, over 717,000 children received polio drops, while more than 292,000 children were vaccinated in Gilgit-Baltistan. In the federal capital, Islamabad, over 441,000 children were covered during the drive.
The NEOC said that more than 400,000 frontline workers participated in the campaign, going door-to-door to administer polio drops to children.
According to the centre, vaccination is mandatory for every child under the age of five to protect them against the crippling poliovirus.
