About 2,81,885 children upto 5 years, including newly born, will be administered polio drops under the polio eradication campaign to be launched in Udham Singh Nagar from April 26.
To ensure proper implementation of this polio eradication campaign, 1,281 polio booths, including 1,143 fixed polio booths, 86 transit polio booths and 52 mobile polio booths, have been set up in different parts of the district, informed the officials concerned of the Udham Singh Nagar districtadministration. The polio eradication progamme in which polio drops will be administered to the children at different polio booths on April 26 will be followed by a door to door polio eradication campaign to be held from April 27 to May 2, further said the officials.
At the same time, 771 teams of health personnel have also been constituted to carry out the door to door polio eradication campaign across Udham Singh Nagar district.
The district administration, Udhamn Singh Nagar, has asked the officials to take necessary steps on time so that the polio eradication programme could be conducted smoothly. Apart from administering polio drops at different polio booths, the health officials associated with the campaign have been directed to administer polio drops to children at busy places like bus stops and railway stations, said the officials.