Gurugram: 3.34 lakh children to be vaccinated for polio

GURUGRAM: A three-day long intensified pulse polio immunisation drive was launched in the district on Sunday, under which 3,34,065 children are expected to be vaccinated. The immunization day will be conducted in 13 districts of Haryana, including Gurgaon.

Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar kick-started the drive at Gurgaon. The drive will continue till July 4, during which children of ages between 0-5 years will be given polio drops. Khattar gave drops to three kids — Arpit, Lakshya and Pari — at the General Hospital in Civil Lines. Besides Gurgaon, the drive is being conducted in Palwal, Faridabad, Mewat, Rohtak, Sonipat, Panipat, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Ambala, Panchkula, Jhajjar and Yamunanagar.

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In Gurgaon, 1,258 booths have been set up for the programme. Notably, children in the prescribed age group can get repeated doses too, even if they were vaccinated for pulse polio recently.

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On Sunday, activity was mostly restricted to the booths, while Monday and Tuesday have been kept for door-to-door. For this, 109 mobile teams have been formed with 254 supervisors.

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"These teams will target migrants and slum areas, and will ensure all children are given polio drops. Notably, Haryana was declared polio-free in March 2014. However, with a large migrant population, the health department is very cautious the virus should not re-appear. Therefore, areas with high density of labourers will be especially screened," said Dr B K Rajora, chief medical officer, Gurgaon.

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Mewat, where the state's last case of polio-infected child was diagnosed in January 2010, is also conducting the drive. Here, the target is to vaccinate 2.59 lakh children by Tuesday. For this, 1,164 booths have been set up, where 3,448 people have been appointed. 

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