The vaccinators administered anti-polio drops to more than 95 per cent of the 745,863 target children in Peshawar, according to a press release. APP/File
PESHAWAR: The authorities claimed to have vaccinated 95 per cent of the target children against polio in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and efforts were underway to reach the missed children on the last day of the seven-day drive that ended on Sunday.
Peshawar Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Ali Asghar and his team visited the hotspots of refusal against the vaccine and wooed parents to immunise their children against the crippling disease.
The administration has been able to convince hundreds of parents in Peshawar, the epicentre of defiance against polio vaccination, to administer oral polio drops to the children below the age of five.
A health worker collects a sample for PCR testing. AFP/File
PESHAWAR: The district administration imposed smart lockdown in nine areas of Peshawar as positivity for Covid-19 swabs swelled to 11 per cent in the capital city of the province.
A notification issued by Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Ali Asghar on the recommendation of health department prohibited entry and exist of people except those dealing in essential items from 6pm on Thursday to the areas till further order.
A health department report said that eight people died of Covid-19 during the last 24 hours including three in Peshawar, two in Kohat and one each in Swabi, Abbottabad and Bannu. The province also reported 384 new cases including 174 from Peshawar. So far, 1,585 persons have fallen prey to the virus while 56,544 patients have recorded from the infectious ailment.