QUETTA Sept 16 (TNS): A three-day anti-polio campaign will begin in Quetta on September 17, expanding to the rest of the province on September 18, Chief Coordinator Emergency Operation Centre Balochistan Syed Faisal Ahmed said while addressing a press conference.
Dr Attaur Rehman, Anwarul Haq Haqani, Abdul Raheem Rahimi, Qari Abdul Rasheed and other health officials were also present.
Ahmed informed the media that in the recent survey conducted in Quetta where 10 samples were collected from different sewerage sites of Quetta nine tested negative, which showed that the anti-polio campaigns were rendering positive results in the province. However, he said that more efforts were needed to eliminate the virus.
