The pulse polio coverage drive has covered 95.99 per cent of the targeted number of children under 5 years of age in Mysuru district, on Sunday while the coverage exceeded 99 per cent in Mandya district.
The target of 100 per cent coverage will be achieved over the next few days and in all 2.46 lakh children below five years of age are being covered under the pulse polio drive, according to District Health Officer Dr. K.H. Prasad.
The drive was inaugurated at Seth Mohandas Tulisdas Hospital and Dr. M.R. Udayshankar, Divisional Joint Director of the Department of Health and Family Welfare. He administered polio drops to the children and said that the pulse polio immunization drive was one of the biggest campaigns launched in India and was rolled out in 1994. The drive has helped the country eradicate polio which affects mobility and the objective of the drive was to ensure 100 per cent coverage during the pulse polio drive, he added.
