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The Chittoor territory medication is gearing up for Pulse Polio Immunisation programme scheduled connected December 21. District Revenue Officer K. Mohan Kumar connected Friday (December 12, 2025) chaired a coordination gathering with officials from aggregate departments and reviewed the arrangements.
The DRO said that though the state remained polio-free, cases reported successful neighbouring regions underlined the request for continued vigilance. He stressed that administering 2 polio drops to each child, from 0-5 years, was important to forestall disability.
Chittoor territory has 2,21,502 children successful the people property group, for whom 14,730 vials person been arranged. The vaccination volition beryllium carried retired done 5,794 booths crossed 142 routes, supported by paramedical staff, Anganwadi and Asha workers and ICDS staff.
The run volition tally for 3 days, including booth-based immunisation connected Day 1, followed by door-to-door visits connected Days 2 and 3 to guarantee nary kid is missed. Teams volition people houses to way sum and vaccinate left-out children astatine their doorstep.
Officials were instructed to execute the programme thoroughly and strive for 100% sum to support a polio-free district.
