QUETTA: All preparations have been made for a five-day polio eradication campaign to be launched in 34 districts of Balochistan on Monday (today).

Balochistan Coordinator of Emergency Operation Centre Hameedullah Nasar said that around 2.3 million children would be administered polio and vitamin A drops during the campaign.

He said that 11,084 teams would vaccinate children under the age of five.

Mr Nasar said that 9,172 mobile, 949 fixed and 592 transit teams had been deployed in the entire province to make sure that all children were administered polio drops in the drive. `We have taken strict security measures to prevent any unforeseen situation as members of Balochistan Levies Force, police and Frontier Corps will be deployed to protect polio workers,` he said.-Staff Correspondent