Pulse polio camp across state to be held on March 10

Bengaluru: State government will hold a pulse polio immunisation camp on March 10 as part of a nationwide campaign informed Additional Chief Secretary of government P Ravikumar.

Addressing a preparatory meeting at Vidhana Soudha, Ravikumar said that India has got the certificate from the World Health Organisation that it is free from polio in 2014. 

21 Polio cases were traced in Afghanistan and 12 in Pakistan in 2018, so as a precautionary measure, Polio vaccination programme was being conducted in the country, he added.

As per the sources total 32,571 booths would be opened to vaccinate around 64,85,980 children for which 1,10,351 health workers, 6,047 supervisors, 952 mobile units and 2,170 transit teams would work. Precautions were taken not to miss a single child from this vaccination drive, he said.