Prime Minister’s Focal Person on Polio Ayesha Raza Farooq on Monday urged every segment of society to play a role in eradicating poliovirus from the country.

Talking to PTV, she said the anti-polio campaign began in forty-nine selected districts of the country today (Monday) where more than 9.5 million children under five years of age will be administered polio vaccine drops.

She also urged parents to cooperate with polio teams visiting their doorsteps. She said sixteen districts in Balochistan, eleven in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, sixteen in Sindh and six in Punjab are part of the campaign.