The Centre on Thursday said it has rescheduled the anti-polio drive to January 31 in view of the nationwide Covid vaccine rollout on January 16. The Polio National Immunisation Day, which was earlier scheduled for January 17, has been defered to “ensure that Covid management and vaccination services, as well as non-Covid essential health services, .
Polio immunisation day rescheduled to Jan 31
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Thu, Jan 14 2021 20:21 IST |
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New Delhi, Jan 14 : The National Immunisation Day, as part of which children aged between 0-5 years are administered polio drops, has been rescheduled to January 31.
The National Immunisation Day (NID), commonly known as Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme, was earlier scheduled for January 17 across India.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has rescheduled the National Immunisation Day or Polio Ravivar to January 31 in the backdrop of countrywide Covid-19 vaccination drive to be rolled out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from January 16.
PM to launch COVID-19 vaccination drive on Jan 16, President to launch Polio immunisation on Jan 30
NEW DELHI : India will roll out the world’s largest immunisation drive on Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching the massive countrywide COVID-19 vaccination drive.
In view of the COVID-19 inoculation drive, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in consultation with the President’s office has rescheduled the Polio vaccination day, also known as the National Immunisation Day (NID) or “Polio Ravivar” to January 31.
The President Mr Ram Nath Kovind will launch the Polio National Immunisation Day on January 30 by administering Polio drops to some children at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in the forenoon.
Polio immunisation day postponed to Jan 31
Polio immunisation day postponed to Jan 31
Last Updated: Thu, Jan 14th, 2021, 21:16:48hrs
New Delhi: The National Immunisation Day, as part of which children aged between 0-5 years are administered polio drops, has been rescheduled to January 31.
The National Immunisation Day (NID), commonly known as Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme, was earlier scheduled for January 17 across India.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has rescheduled the National Immunisation Day or Polio Ravivar to January 31 in the backdrop of countrywide Covid-19 vaccination drive to be rolled out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from January 16. As the Covid-19 vaccination drive would be the world s largest immunisation exercise, it has been decided by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) in consultation with the office of the President of India to reschedule the Polio vaccination day to January 31, 2021 (Sunday), the Health Ministr