Polio immunisation day rescheduled to Jan 31
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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.
‘The decision is in keeping with the stated policy of the Health Ministry to ensure that COVID-19 health services and non-COVID-19 essential health services proceed in tandem without adversely impacting each other,’ says a release
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.
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.
National Polio immunisation programme postponed, to now start on Jan 31
The National Immunisation Day (NID), commonly known as Pulse Polio Immunisation programme, was earlier scheduled for January 17 across India
PTI | January 14, 2021 | Updated 16:01 IST
The National Polio immunisation programme, as part of which children in the age group of 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 massive countrywide COVID-19 vaccination drive will be rolled out by Prime Minister from January 16. This would be the world s largest immunisation exercise. Therefore, it has been decided by the Ministry of Health in consultation with the office of the President of India to reschedule the Polio vaccination day, also known as the National Immunisation Day (NID) or Polio Ravivar to 31st January, the Union Health Minist