LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has directed the authorities concerned to make the vaccination campaign started from June 24 (today) a big success to protect children from measles.
He said, children from the age of six months to ten years would be vaccinated in the first phase of the campaign launched in 12 districts of the province whereas in the second phase, children would be vaccinated in six other districts from June 28.
He said that anti-measles campaign is being pursued on the pattern of anti-dengue campaign and would be ensured that no child remains unvaccinated.
Shahbaz Sharif appealed to the parents to cooperate with the teams of Health departments for vaccination of their children.
Third-party audit of vaccination campaign would be conducted to check any irregularity and no negligence would be tolerated during anti-measles campaign, he added.
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