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Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy connected December 11 said that the Pulse Polio vaccination thrust volition beryllium held crossed the territory connected December 21. He urged parents to guarantee that each kid beneath 5 years gets vaccinated without fail.
Chairing a preparatory gathering connected the Pulse Polio immunisation campaign, helium said vaccination booths volition run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. connected December 21. From December 22 to 24, wellness teams volition sojourn households to administer the vaccine. A peculiar run volition besides beryllium conducted from December 21 to 24 astatine transit points and high-risk areas, helium added.
Dr. Sudhir Naik from the Health Department said nary polio cases person been detected successful the state successful the past 14 years. Karnataka reported its past polio lawsuit successful 2007, and nary cases person been recorded since then.
Steps are being taken to place and vaccinate children from migrant families — some incoming and outgoing. The territory has 2,22,084 children beneath 5 years, each of whom are being targeted for vaccination. A full of 1,648 booths volition beryllium acceptable up, and 50 mobile teams volition beryllium deployed, helium informed.
Zilla Panchayat CEO S. Yukesh Kumar, Mysuru City Corporation Commissioner Sheikh Tanveer Asif, District Health and Family Welfare Officer Dr. Kumar Swamy, District Surveillance Officer Nagaraju, Reproductive and Child Health Officer Mohammed Siraj, and different officials from the Health and Family Welfare Department and assorted departments were present.
