As many as 2,77,934 children aged up to 5 years will be administered polio drops under the polio eradication campaign to be launched in Udham Singh Nagar on February 22. In order to ensure proper implementation of this weeklong polio eradication campaign, as many as 1276 polio booths have also been set up at different locations across the district, informed the officials concerned of the Udham Singh Nagar district administration.
The polio eradication programme in which polio drops will be administered to children at different polio booths on February 22 will be followed by a door- to- door polio eradication campaign to be held till February 28 , further said the officials concerned. At the same time, many teams of health personnel have also been constituted to carry out the door- to- door polio eradication campaign across the district.
The district administration, Udham Singh Nagar, has also asked the officials concerned to take necessary steps on time so that the polio eradication programme could be conducted in a smooth manner. Apart from administering polio drops at different polio booths, the health officials associated with the polio eradication campaign have also been directed to administer polio drops to children at busy places like bus stops and railway stations, said the officials concerned.
In order to increase booth coverage, the Udham Singh Nagar district administration has also asked the officials concerned of the health department to give wide publicity to the polio eradication programme. More so, it has also asked the officials concerned to carry out polio awareness rally involving schoolchildren. Polio drops will also be administered to 1.36 lakh children in Nainital during this polio eradication campaign, as the officials concerned of the Nainital district administration said.