As many as 47191 children were immunized on the first day of pulse polio campaign under national immunization day held in the city on Sunday.
460 booths were setup by the Health Department in the entire city apart from deploying 13 teams at transit points under the campaign, said an official spokesperson.
He said that 96 sector supervisors monitored the booth activity. The monitoring was done under the supervision of Director Health & Family Welfare Dr G Dewan along with district family welfare officer Dr Manju Behl and district immunization officer Dr Sangeeta Ajay.
Special emphasis was laid in the urban slums, colonies, villages for ensuring that no child is left unimmunized in order to achieve 100 percent immunization during the 3-day campaign in Chandigarh, said the spokesperson.
He said that the door to door activity will be done on January 29 and January 30 to ensure that all children are covered under the pulse polio campaign. The estimated children to be immunized during the 3-day pulse polio round are 97780 children (as per the Annual Health Survey of Chandigarh 2017), said he.