Polio drops were administered to children between 0-5 years of age in second phase of the pulse polio drive in Gariaband district of Chhattisgarh on Monday. The drive was kicked off by President of Gariaband Municipal Council Mileshwari Sahu by administering polio drops to children in the district hospital.
On the occasion, Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr AK Ratre and civil surgeon Dr RK Srimala were present.
On first day of the campaign, children were administered polio drops at 789 booths installed across the district while on February 22, a door-to-door campaign was carried out to ensure cent percent coverage which would also continue on February 23. As many as 1,646 workers and 85 supervisors were pressed into the task ensuring smooth execution of the drive.
Under this campaign, a target of administering polio drops to around 89826 children in the district has been fixed.