Around 82.5 per cent of children between 0-5 years of age were administered polio drops in the State on Day 1 of the vaccination drive conducted as a part of National Polio Surveillance Project.
The State Health department has kept a target of covering more than 36.50 lakh children in the drive. Over 30 lakh children were administered polio drops on the first day of the drive. The drive that began on Sunday would conclude on Tuesday. On second and third day of the drive, health workers will go from door-to-door to reach out to those children who did not come to the polio booth on Sunday.
Making it to the top, Surguja district recorded 99.59 per cent vaccination on the first day of the drive.
Chief Executive Officer Dhananjay Dewangan had instructed the officers to be alert in the high-risk areas and high-rise buildings.
One booth has been set up for every 250 children in the district. A total of 23,600 booths have been set up in the entire state. Anganwadi workers have been given the responsibility of spreading awareness and bringing children to the booths.
Over 5,000 workers have been assigned duty in the polio booths who have been deployed at several public places like bus stands, railway stations etc. 43.34 lakh doses of Trivalent Polio Vaccine were received by the state from the Government of India.