Ludhiana, November 10
Around 5.20 lakh children, falling in the age group of 0 to 5 years will be administered pulse polio drops in the 5th round of National Immunization Day on November 21, 2004, under the Intensified Pulse Polio Immunization Campaign- 2004.
To take stock of the situation the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anurag Verma, convened a meeting of all the district heads of departments at the Circuit House here today.
Speaking at the occasion, Mr Verma said during the fourth round of immunization, conducted on October 10, efforts were made to cover all children.
Giving more details of the pulse polio drive, he said children in the age group of 0-5 years in the district would be covered by putting up 900 polio booths in the district. Special arrangements had been made to administer polio drops to the travelling children, for which 96 mobile teams of doctors had been formed.
The District Programme Officer, The District Education Officers (secondary and primary) were also asked to provide required staff to the health administration so as to properly manage the polio vaccination booths in all parts of the district. All SDMs would supervise the immunisation programme in their subdivisions, Mr Verma added.
