More than 3.19 lakh children under the age of five in the district will be targeted under National Polio Surveillance Project on January 19.
Health workers in 1,224 booths will administer anti-polio drops to children in the district. On January 20 and 21, health workers will go door-to-door and administer the vaccine to children who had been left-out or could not come to the booths. During a meeting in Collectorate on Saturday, Chief Executive Officer Dhananjay Dewangan instructed the officers to be alert in the high-risk areas and high-rise buildings. He also talked about providing proper training to the health workers and wide advertisement through banners, television, radio etc before the drive. Health workers will be present even at bus stands and railway stations, he said.
Vaccination officer Dr Rama Singh said one booth will be set up for every 250 children in the district. A total of 3,98,434 vaccines will be arranged for 3.19 lakh children. Anganwadi workers are given the responsibility of spreading awareness and bringing children to the booths, she said. Micro-planning for the three-day drive has begun. Over 5,000 workers will be assigned duty in the polio booths, Singh said. More than 600 areas have been identified as high-risk areas.