89 lakh youngsters beneath 5 years given polio drops throughout India on ‘Polio Ravivar’: Health ministry

Image Source : PTI 89 lakh youngsters beneath 5 years given polio drops throughout India on ‘Polio Ravivar’: Health ministry
Around 89 lakh kids below 5 years of age, as per provisional information, got polio drops throughout the nation on Sunday on the event of Polio National Immunization Day, often known as ‘Polio Ravivar’, the Union well being ministry mentioned. The vaccination was executed at round 7 lakh cubicles which had been staffed with 12 lakh vaccinators and 1.8 lakh supervisors.
“The booth activity will be followed by house-to-house surveillance (mop-up rounds) over the next two to five days to identify and vaccinate children who missed getting vaccinated at the booths,” the ministry mentioned.
Vaccination groups have additionally been deployed at bus terminals, railway stations, airports and ferry crossing to vaccinate kids in transit to make sure no baby misses the life-saving dose.
All measures have been taken to make sure security throughout the occasions of COVID-19 pandemic by sustaining coronavirus acceptable practices similar to stopping overcrowding at cubicles, sustaining bodily distance of two metres, carrying masks, washing fingers and administering polio drops in properly ventilated settings, the ministry underlined.
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Speaking at a operate on the eve of the National Immunization Day, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had mentioned, “Maintaining a polio-free status for 10 years is a huge accomplishment in the history of public health in India.”
He additionally highlighted authorities efforts and actions to strengthen routine immunization to make sure that no baby suffers from a vaccine-preventable illness.
President Ram Nath Kovind had launched the National Polio Immunisation Day for 2021 by administering polio drops to kids lower than 5 years of age at Rashtrapati Bhawan on January 30.
India has been freed from polio for a decade, with the final case of untamed poliovirus reported on January 13, 2011. The nation, nevertheless, continues to stay vigilant to stop re-entry of poliovirus into the nation from neighbouring nations of Afghanistan and Pakistan, the place wild poliovirus continues to trigger illnesses, the ministry mentioned in its assertion.
India conducts one nationwide National Immunisation Day (NID) and two Sub-National Immunization Days (SNIDs) for polio yearly to keep up inhabitants immunity towards wild poliovirus and to maintain its polio-free standing.
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