Punjab launches 3-day polio vaccination drive, to cover high risk areas

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Punjab launches 3-day polio vaccination drive, to cover high risk areas

Monday, 21 September 2020 | PNS | Chandigarh/Mohali

Punjab Government on Sunday launched a three-day polio vaccination drive to cover around seven lakh children in the state’s high risk areas, amidst COVID-19 outbreak.

Launching the three-day Sub-national immunization day (SNID) drive by administering drops of oral polio vaccine (OPV) to children below five years at nearby Jujhar Nagar village in Mohali district, the state Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said that the drive would cover only high risk areas, migratory population, brick kilns, construction sites, and urban slum areas due to the spread of coronavirus pandemic.

He said that the health workers have been directed to ensure compliance of all the necessary guidelines, such as covering their faces and washing their hands frequently during the drive.

Sharing the details about various teams engaged in the drive, the Health Minister said: “In this phase, the target is to give polio shots to around 6,80,800 children across the State for which a total of 8,436 places have been identified. A total of 5,530 door-to-door teams have been pressed into service while the number of mobile teams is 656.”

The total number of vaccinators, ANMs and ASHA workers is 14,749, 3,097, 11,965 respectively whereas a total of 1,031 supervisors will carry out sudden checks to monitor the immunization program and to ensure that all children are immunized.

The Minister appealed to the people to get their children vaccinated to save them from various diseases.

“The country is already polio-free, however, the vaccination is must to sustain polio eradication from the country,” he said while applauding the efforts of thousands of volunteers, frontline workers and health officials for conducting the drive in these unprecedented times.

The state Health Services (Family Welfare) director Dr Prabhdeep Kaur Johal asked the Panchayat members to extend full support to the Health Department in this very important campaign.

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