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