Odisha
February 28, 2022

The children in the age group of 0 to 5 years are to be provided with polio drops till March 1 starting from today in Puri district. Today the polio immunization drive will continue in the Polio booths while tomorrow and on March 1 health workers will move door-to-door for giving polio drops to kids to ensure that no one is left.
As per reports, this year about 1,85,901 kids will be given polio drops under this drive. The health workers will visit about 3,68,805 houses to provide polio drops. In the urban areas, about 55,100 kids will get polio immunization while in the rural areas the total number of kids who will get polio drops is 1,30,801.
As many as 766 booths have been installed to provide polio drops to children. In Puri, 56 crowded places have been identified where polio drops will be given to the kids. These places include the bus stand near Srimandira, the Srimandira area and some other crowded places.
Apart from the above places, 24 numbers of moving teams will also provide polio drops. In this drive, as many as 3386 persons have been included that continues of 3064 health workers and 162 supervisors as well as Anganwadi workers. During the drive, polio drops will be provided to children through 7 lakh booths across the country. Approximately 23.6 crore houses will be visited for polio drops.
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