National Polio Immunisation Day rescheduled to Jan 31 ANI | Updated: Jan 14, 2021 15:03 IST
New Delhi [India], January 14 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has rescheduled the National Polio Immunisation Day to January 31 in view of the COVID-19 vaccination drive scheduled to take place on Saturday. With the countrywide COVID-19 vaccination drive scheduled to be rolled out on January 16, the MoHFW in consultation with the office of President of India has rescheduled the Polio vaccination day to January 31, 2021, the Government of India said on Thursday.
President Ramnath Kovind will launch the Polio National Immunisation Day, also known as Polio Ravivar on January 30, 2021, by administering polio drops to some children at the Rashtrapati Bhawan at 11.45 am, the Ministry said.
Annual nationwide pulse polio drive postponed ANI | Updated: Jan 13, 2021 12:50 IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): India has postponed its pulse polio immunisation drive, scheduled for January 17 as part of the National Polio Eradication Programme, due to unforeseen activities, the Union Health Ministry informed on Wednesday. This is with reference to the letter noT-13012/0112020-lmm dated on 19.11.2020 regarding the scheduled date of Polio NID round. In this regard, this is to inform that due to unforeseen activities, it is decided to postpone the scheduled Polio NID round from 17th January 2021till further notice, read the notice issued by Advisor on Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Pradeep Halder.
The Health Ministry has said that Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech will give the government 16.5 lakh doses of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate free of cost.
As India plans to kick-start its COVID-19 vaccination drive, beginning January 16, several countries have already set afloat on their mission. More than 28 million COVID-19 doses have been administered or given as on January 11.
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New Delhi, January 8
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Friday said soon it would be a reality to vaccinate the entire population in the country agains