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The pulse polio immunisation thrust successful the State, portion of a nationwide run to destruct polio by disrupting the transmission of chaotic polio virus, volition beryllium held connected Sunday(October 12, 2025).
An further dose of oral polio vaccine volition beryllium administered to 21,11,010 children beneath the property of 5 years successful the State connected Sunday.
Health Minister Veena George volition inaugurate the thrust astatine Kozhenchery Government High School successful Pathanamthitta district.
The Health section volition beryllium readying peculiar booths successful each nationalist places and health-care centres for administering the vaccine. A full of 22,383 booths, including transit and mobile ones, are being planned. The section has besides arranged 44,766 volunteers to antheral these booths.
The booths being acceptable up successful schools, anganwadis, speechmaking rooms, and authorities and backstage hospitals volition relation from 8 a.m. till 5 p.m. However, the transit booths being planned astatine autobus stands, railway stations, airports, and vessel landing centres volition relation till 8 p.m.
The mobile booths being planned astir migrant labour camps and tourer centres volition relation connected October 13 and 14 besides and administer the vaccine to immoderate children who whitethorn person been missed connected Sunday.
Home visits
The Health section has planned for mop-up rounds and each children who mightiness miss being vaccinated connected October 12 volition beryllium administered the vaccine by wellness workers done location visits.
Polio cases owed to chaotic polio microorganism person not been reported successful Kerala since 2,000 and successful India aft 2011. Though the World Health Organisation (WHO) had declared India polio-free successful 2014, the menace of a resurgence of polio remains, arsenic chaotic polio microorganism continues to circulate successful the neighbouring countries of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Ms. George appealed to each parents to guarantee that children beneath 5 years are administered the oral polio vaccine connected Sunday without fail.
