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89 lakh kids below 5 years given polio drops across India on ‘Polio Ravivar’: Health ministry

January 31, 2021
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New Delhi: Round 89 lakh kids beneath 5 years of age, as per provisional knowledge, got polio drops throughout the nation on Sunday on the event of Polio Nationwide Immunization Day, also referred to as ‘Polio Ravivar’, the Union well being ministry mentioned. The vaccination was completed at round 7 lakh cubicles which have been staffed with 12 lakh vaccinators and 1.8 lakh supervisors.

“The sales space exercise shall be adopted by house-to-house surveillance (mop-up rounds) over the subsequent two to 5 days to establish and vaccinate kids who missed getting vaccinated on the cubicles,” 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 youngster misses the life-saving dose.

All measures have been taken to make sure security in the course of 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 palms and administering polio drops in effectively ventilated settings, the ministry underlined.

Talking at a perform on the eve of the Nationwide Immunization Day, Union Well being Minister Harsh Vardhan had mentioned, “Sustaining a polio-free standing for 10 years is a big accomplishment within the historical past of public well being in India.”

He additionally highlighted authorities efforts and actions to strengthen routine immunization to make sure that no youngster suffers from a vaccine-preventable illness.

President Ram Nath Kovind had launched the Nationwide 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 international locations of Afghanistan and Pakistan, the place wild poliovirus continues to trigger illnesses, the ministry mentioned in its assertion.

India conducts one nationwide Nationwide Immunisation Day (NID) and two Sub-Nationwide 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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