RAWALPINDI: As many as 1,000 police personnel are providing security to 659 polio vaccinators during five-day vaccination campaign which began on Monday (June 7).

As part of the tightened security for polio workers, police mobile vans will be patrolling in the area where the polio workers will be vaccinating children.

In addition, police have been deployed with polio vaccination teams during door-to-door vaccination derive.

The five-day polio immunisation drive is aimed at vaccinating children under five years of age.

The health authorities have urged the people to cooperate with polio and health care teams.

Published in Dawn, June 9th, 2021

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