Over 11,37,786 children, 89.49 percent, of migrant population across the state have been administered polio drops during three days of Sub-National Immunization campaign launched on September 13 to 15 in Punjab.
“Punjab, being a border state having lot of movement from Pakistan in Wagah and Attari borders, is included in the activity. It was planned to cover 12,71,471 under five-year children,” said a spokesperson of the government.
He said that for smooth execution of the task, as many as 20,344 vaccinators and about 1,017 supervisors participated to manage the immunization programme in the State. Besides, to ensure perfection during the campaign, more than 21 senior officers from the Health department had also been deputed to keep an overall eye on the campaign.
India has already been declared as polio-free country by World Health Organization (WHO) in its report in 2013. The country has achieved the targets fixed for the eradication of Polio, and has been successfully initiating the Pulse Polio Campaign in tune with the guidelines of World Health Organization.
Revealing further, spokesperson said that adequate steps were being taken to cover the maximum of migrants like labour, slum dwellers, labour in under construction buildings, railway stations, bus stands as these places were more vulnerable to infections in Punjab under the Pulse Polio Campaign.