BAHAWALPUR: Fourteen thousand children, up to seven years of age, could not be vaccinated during the 12-day anti-measles campaign that concluded recently in the district.

This was stated by the chief executive officer (CEO) of district health authority, Dr Fayyaz Anwar, in his progress report submitted to the health department on Monday.

According to an official handout, Dr Anwar, in his report, said that during the drive of 12 days, 0.6m children of the age between five to seven years were vaccinated against measles but over 34,000 could not be vaccinated as they remained untraceable. However, out of them, 20,000 were later traced and vaccinated by the vaccinators, he said and added that teams were busy searching for the remaining 14,000 children.

Published in Dawn, October 30th , 2018