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More efforts needed for complete eradication of polio: First Lady

First Lady Begum Samina Arif Alvi has urged people and parents to make sure that not a single child is left out of the vaccine.

She was speaking after inaugurating National polio eradication campaign by administering vaccine to children less than five years of age at Governor’s House, Lahore.

The First Lady said more efforts are needed for complete eradication of polio, adding that efforts would continue for completely eradication of the virus.

She said environmental samples are predicting an end to polio soon, adding that all the environmental samples obtained from Punjab during the last six months were negative.

Source: Radio Pakistan