A three-day nationwide pulse polio vaccination drive is being carried out across the country. Thecampaign will take start on Sunday for all children between the ages of 0 and 5. The campaign will involve mobile teams, transit teams, and dedicated vaccination centers in both rural and urban areas. On the first day, children aged up to 5 years can be brought to booths where they will be administered two drops of oral polio vaccine. For the next two days (March 4 and 5), health teams will visit every household and vaccinate children. The booths will function between 7am and 5pm.
As part of the campaign, the vaccination teams have already started administering polio vaccines to children in remote areas and shanties. In rural areas, home visits will be conducted for three days, while in urban areas, they will continue for five days. Several Intensified Pulse Polio Immunization teams have been deployed for this purpose.