89 lakh kids below 5 years given polio drops across India on Polio Ravivar : Health ministry
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Last Updated: Jan 31, 2021, 09:18 PM IST
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Synopsis The booth activity will be followed by house-to-house surveillance (mop-up rounds) over the next two to five days to identify and vaccinate children who missed getting vaccinated at the booths, the ministry said.
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New Delhi: Around 89 lakh children under five years of age, as per provisional data, were given polio drops across the country on Sunday on the occasion of Polio National Immunization Day, also known as Polio Ravivar , the Union health ministry said. The vaccination was done at around 7 lakh booths which were staffed with 12 lakh vaccinators and 1.8 lakh supervisors.
89 Lakh Kids Below 5 Years Vaccinated Across India on Polio Ravivar : Health Ministry
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Around 89 lakh children under five years of age, as per provisional data, were given polio drops across the country on Sunday on the occasion of Polio National Immunization Day, also known as Polio Ravivar , the Union health ministry said. The vaccination was done at around 7 lakh booths which were staffed with 12 lakh vaccinators and 1.8 lakh supervisors. The booth activity will be followed by house-to-house surveillance (mop-up rounds) over the next two to five days to identify and vaccinate children who missed getting vaccinated at the booths, the ministry said. Vaccination teams have also been deployed at bus terminals, railway stations, airports and ferry crossing to vaccinate children in transit to ensure no child misses the life-saving dose.
Close to 89 lakh kids across India vaccinated on Polio Ravivar
New Delhi, Jan 31 (UNI) Around 89 lakh children under the age of five years across the country were given polio drops on the National Immunisation or Vaccination Day, also known as Polio Ravivar, on Sunday.
As per the provisional report on day one, vaccinations were conducted at close to seven lakh booths, having 12 lakh vaccinators and 1.8 lakh supervisors.
The booth activity will be followed by house-to-house surveillance (mop-up rounds) over the next two to five days to identify and vaccinate children, who missed getting vaccinated at the booths, said a statement issued here by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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89 lakh kids below 5 years given polio drops across India on Polio Ravivar’: Health ministry
Around 89 lakh children under five years of age, as per provisional data, were given polio drops across the country on Sunday on the occasion of Polio National Immunization Day, also known as Polio Ravivarâ, the Union health ministry said. The vaccination was done at around 7 lakh booths which were staffed with 12 lakh vaccinators and 1.8 lakh supervisors. The booth activity will be followed by house-to-house surveillance (mop-up rounds) over the next two to five days to identify and vaccinate children who missed getting vaccinated at the booths, the ministry said.
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