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Close to 89 lakh kids across India vaccinated on 'Polio Ravivar'

New Delhi, Jan 31 (UNI) Around 89 lakh children under the age of five years across the country were given polio drops on the National Immunisation or Vaccination Day, also known as 'Polio Ravivar,' on Sunday.
As per the provisional report on day one, vaccinations were conducted at close to seven lakh booths, having 12 lakh vaccinators and 1.8 lakh supervisors.
The booth activity will be followed by house-to-house surveillance (mop-up rounds) over the next two to five days to identify and vaccinate children, who missed getting vaccinated at the booths, said a statement issued here by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Vaccination teams have also been deployed at bus terminals, railway stations, airports and ferry crossing to vaccinate children in transit, to ensure no child misses the life-saving dose.
All measures have been taken to ensure safety during the times of the pandemic by maintaining COVID-19 appropriate practices, such as preventing overcrowding at booths, maintaining physical distance of two metres, wearing masks, washing hands and administering polio drops in well ventilated-settings.
Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan said ''Maintaining a polio-free status for 10 years is a huge accomplishment in the history of public health in India''.
He also highlighted the government efforts and actions to strengthen routine immunization to ensure that no child suffers from a vaccine-preventable disease.
President Ram Nath Kovind had launched the National Polio Immunisation Day for 2021 by administering polio drops to children less than five-year-old at Rashtrapati Bhawan on Saturday.
India has been free of polio for a decade, with the last case of wild poliovirus reported on January 13, 2011.
The country, however, continues to remain vigilant to prevent re-entry of the virus from neighbouring countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, where wild polio virus continues to cause havoc.
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