Maharashtra:12 youngsters in Yavatmal administered sanitiser drops as a substitute of polio vaccine
1 min read Yavatmal (Maharashtra): Twelve youngsters below 5 years of age had been admitted to a hospital after they had been administered sanitiser drops as a substitute of polio vaccine in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal on Monday, knowledgeable Yavatmal District Council Chief Executive Officer Shrikrishna Panchal.
The official said that the kids at the moment are doing superb and three officers together with a well being employee, physician, and ASHA employee shall be suspended in reference to the incident.
“Twelve children, under five years of age, were given hand sanitiser drops instead of polio vaccine in Yavatmal. They were admitted to the hospital and are doing fine now. A health worker, doctor and an ASHA worker will be suspended. An investigation is underway,” Panchal advised ANI on Monday.
This comes after President Ram Nath Kovind launched the National Polio Immunisation Drive for 2021 by administering polio drops to youngsters lower than 5 years outdated at Rashtrapati Bhawan on January 30.
According to the Union Ministry of Health, India has been freed from polio for a decade, with the final case of untamed poliovirus reported on 13 January 2011. The nation, nonetheless, continues to stay vigilant to stop re-entry of the poliovirus into the nation from neighbouring nations of Afghanistan and Pakistan, the place wild poliovirus continues to trigger illness.
