Pulse Polio vaccination in 43,000 booths today

  • | Sunday | 30th April, 2017

An official release from the health and family welfare department said that immunisation booths will function from 7am to 5pm. As many as 1,000 mobile teams have also been formed to administer polio drops to children in inaccessible and migrant areas. The government has also clarified that children immunized recently under Routine Immunization Schedule can be given polio drops.Finger marking is being done for all vaccinated children to identify those who may have missed the vaccination. Parents can also get their children immunised by private paediatricians in their clinics on IPPI days.To cover the population in remote areas as well as children on the move, 1,652 transit booths will be functional in major bus stands, railway stations, toll plaza, and airports on the campaign day . CHENNAI: As part of the second round of the nationwide intensified pulse polio immunisation (IPPI) campaign slated for April 30, the state government has put up 43,051 booths in all PHCs, government hospitals , Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) centres, noon meal centres and schools among other major places.Children below the age of five were administered polio vaccine in the first round of the campaign held on April 2.Newborns including children of migrant labourers are required to be given polio drops on campaign days.

CHENNAI: As part of the second round of the nationwide intensified pulse polio immunisation (IPPI) campaign slated for April 30, the state government has put up 43,051 booths in all PHCs, government hospitals , Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) centres, noon meal centres and schools among other major places.Children below the age of five were administered polio vaccine in the first round of the campaign held on April 2.Newborns including children of migrant labourers are required to be given polio drops on campaign days. The government has also clarified that children immunized recently under Routine Immunization Schedule can be given polio drops.Finger marking is being done for all vaccinated children to identify those who may have missed the vaccination. An official release from the health and family welfare department said that immunisation booths will function from 7am to 5pm. Parents can also get their children immunised by private paediatricians in their clinics on IPPI days.To cover the population in remote areas as well as children on the move, 1,652 transit booths will be functional in major bus stands, railway stations, toll plaza, and airports on the campaign day . As many as 1,000 mobile teams have also been formed to administer polio drops to children in inaccessible and migrant areas.

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