Indore: Health authorities in district on Sunday inoculated over 3.89 lakh children below five years of age with pulse polio on the first day of the campaign. District immunisation officer Dr Tarun Gupta said that the department was entrusted with a target of administering polio drops to 5.20 lakh children in the district and it achieved 75 per cent of the target on the very first day of the campaign.The campaign was inaugurated by MP Shankar Lalwani and collector Ilayaraja T by administering polio drops to children at Government PC Sethi Hospital on Sunday. The health department had made preparations to attract children to booths by displaying cartoons, colourful paintings and displaying toys at many centres.The department also had operational booths at the railway station, bus stops and other transition points to make it easy for people to get their children immunised.The health officials said the last reported cases of wild polio in India were in West Bengal and Gujarat on January 13, 2011. On March 27, 2014, the World Health Organisation (WHO) had declared India a polio-free country, since no cases of wild polio were reported since then. "More than 3.89 lakh children were administered polio drops at over 3,300 booths set up by us with the help of paramedical and nursing students and our health activists. Now, on Monday, activists will reach every doorstep to administer drops to those who couldnt reach the booths on Sunday." TnNWe also published the following articles recentlyOver 6 lakh children given polio vaccine under special campaign in DelhiOver 600,000 children were vaccinated in a decentralized polio campaign organized by the Delhi government. District magistrates and chief district medical officers oversaw the program, managing manpower, logistics, vaccine distribution, and booth locations. The campaign included a five-day House-to-House Search & Immunize Activity and set up 5,836 booths at various locations. A total of 608,664 children received two drops of the Oral Polio Vaccine. The subsequent activity aims to reach over 50 lakh households and vaccinate an estimated 18 lakh children who may have been missed.Telangana BJP MLAs skip oath administered by OwaisiBJP MLAs boycott Telangana assembly oath-taking ceremony to protest AIMIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi being made Pro-tem speaker. BJP accuses Congress of appeasement politics and alleges violation of assembly norms. BJP MLAs submit representation at Raj Bhavan claiming rules were not followed. They argue that seniority was overlooked in appointing the Pro-tem speaker. BJP calls for setting aside the appointment and alleges secret understanding between Congress and AIMIM.

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