ISLAMABAD: A five-day national polio eradication drive has kicked off across the country.

During the drive polio and vitamin A drops will be administered to 18.6 million children up to the five-year of age.

As per media reports the workers of the anti-polio vaccination campaign will be given the necessary protective gear for their protection against coronavirus infection and will be following all WHO recommended protocols to keep themselves and others safe from Covid-19.

Anti-polio drive has also started in Sindh to administer polio and vitamin A drops to 9.4 million children up to the five-year of age across the province, private news channels reported.

Spokesman of the Punjab Health Department said , during the campaign polio teams would go door-to-door and administer polio drops to children less than five years of age in all tehsils and union councils of the district.

Polio teams will also administer anti polio drops at bus stops, railway stations and hospitals.