CHANDIGARH: To maintain the polio free status of Chandigarh, Dharam Pal, adviser to the administrator launched the three-day Pulse Polio campaign by administering polio drops to children below five years at Sukhna Lake on Sunday.
A total of 43,128 children were immunised on the first day of the Pulse Polio National Immunisation Day (NID) round on Sunday. The drive aims to immunise around 93,000 children in three days. The health department had urged city residents to get their children, in the age group of zero to five years, immunised preferably at the booths on the first day, to achieve 100% coverage.
About 1,000 polio vaccination teams will vaccinate children across the city and 100 sector supervisors are monitoring this activity. A total of 13 polio teams have been deployed at different transit points near borders with adjoining states. During the door-to-door activity, which will be held on Monday and March 1, teams will ensure that every child is administered polio drops.
