No case of polio has come to light after the year 2010 in Haryana. During the launch of a three-day National Immunisation Round of Pulse Polio 2015 here, it was informed that one case of polio was found in Nuh town of Mewat in 2010. After that no case of polio has come to light.
The Chief Minister Manohar lal inaugurated the first National Immunization Round of Pulse Polio 2015 at his residence here on Sunday and also administered polio drops to about one dozen children in the age group of 0 to 5 years which included children of Panchkula residing in sector 16, sector 12A, Rajiv Colony and nearby areas of Panchkula.
He said that though our country is polio free yet the Health Department needs to remain alert towards polio eradication with the help of agencies like World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF, National Rural Health Mission etc.
Additional Chief Secretary Health, Ram Niwas apprised the Chief Minister that a target has been set to administer polio drops to about 40 lakh children under this three day campaign. As many as 16,000 polio booths have been set up and 66,000 vaccinators have been deployed there. The activity will be supervised by 3,300 officers and officials and 1,500 mobile teams will visit brick kilns, construction sites, nomadic sites and far fledged areas to vaccinate all high risk population.
Ram Niwas informed that one case of polio was found in Nuh town of Mewat in 2010. He said that directions have been issued to Deputy Commissioners and medical officers in all districts by preparing micro scheme to eradicate polio.
Further stressing upon the importance of this polio round, he said that the danger of virus re-entering India from across the border with Pakistan, a country with more than 85 per cent of world polio cases in the year 2014 poses a serious threat to the polio free status of its neighbouring countries like India. He said that pulse polio booths have been set up near border areas with the help of agencies like WHO so as to ensure that polio virus do not enter our country.