Over 9.5 million kids younger than five will get anti-polio vaccine drops during the special program.
16 districts in Balochistan, 11 districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 16 districts in Sindh, and 6 districts in Punjab are fighting in the operation.
Reports say that Balochistan wants to vaccinate 9 lakh children, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 13 lakh, Sindh 27 lakh, Punjab 44 lakh, and Islamabad 1.33 lakh.
Some Union Councils of Islamabad are running door-to-door polio campaigns.
Because of more polio cases in Balochistan, this program was started.
According to the National Command and Operation Center, this program is taking place in places where poliovirus is always present.
Within the country, eight cases of polio have been reported so far this year.
Pakistan’s sewage samples from seven areas were found to contain poliovirus on Saturday.
Authorities say that the Type-1 Wild Poliovirus was discovered in sewer lines. In 2024, 203 positive sewage samples were found.
The poliovirus has been found in the sewage of five areas in Pakistan: Islamabad, Quetta, Nasirabad, Karachi, Peshawar, and Gujranwala.
