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July 30, 2021 LAHORE: Secretary Primary & Secondary Healthcare (PS&HC) Sarah Aslam reviewed the report of polio in years 2019 and 2020 here on Thursday. She said both the years were difficult for polio eradication for different reasons. 2019 saw a large gap in campaigns following the Peshawar incident in April as a result the virus got a chance to spread, even in areas not considered at high risk. This massive spread resulted in 147 cases of polio in Pakistan in 2019, 12 cases were reported in Punjab. However, Punjab health department under the leadership of Health Minister and polio-free vision of Chief Minister had re-strategize and started to recover with successful back-to-back campaigns in the end of 2019 and March 2020. That was the time when COVID-19 pandemic emerged. ....
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LAHORE: Tuesday’s transfer of the Higher Education Department (HED) secretary is the 18th change of its head during the three-year rule of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaff in the Centre and Punjab. Posted as HED Secretary in February last, Nadeem Mahbub has now been assigned duty in the Prime Minister Office as additional secretary. His replacement has not been announced yet. Mr Mahbub had replaced Irum Bukhari as HED head some five months ago after her post was upgraded. Whereas Ms Bujhari had replaced special secretary Muhammad Naeem Ghaus who was given the additional charge of the office. Prior to that, Mr Ghaus had replaced Zulfiqar Ahmad Ghuman who was transferred and appointed as the Lahore commissioner on Aug 25 last. ....
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Drive to vaccinate people at doorstep launched July 26, 2021 LAHORE: The Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department is launching a special vaccination campaign in five big cities of Punjab from July 26 to August 10 to vaccinate the people at their doorstep at the union council level. According to P&SHD Secretary Sarah Aslam, a minimum 40 per cent population of Lahore, Multan, Gujranwala and Faisalabad would be vaccinated in the special campaign. Moreover, a minimum 70 per cent population of Rawalpindi will also be vaccinated during the campaign. The campaign is being launched at the level of the union council for public convenience. Special instructions for intensive vaccination drives have been given to all CEOs and other officers concerned. Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Secretary Sarah Aslam said only vaccination was the real remedy for COVID-19 and its new Delta variant. ....