The Mysuru district administration hopes to cover all the estimated 2.31 lakh children below five years of age in the district during the pulse polio drive that was launched on Sunday.
After Minister for Social Welfare H.C. Mahadevappa, who is also the Minister in charge of Mysuru district, launched the pulse polio drive in the district by administering pulse polio drops to children at the Seth Mohandas Tulasidas Hospital in the city, Mysuru District Health and Family Welfare Officer P.C. Kumaraswamy said the drive is expected to cover 95 per cent of the targeted children on the first day on Sunday.
With teams of vaccinators scheduled to go house-to-house for the next three days – on March 4, 5, and 6 – Dr. Kumaraswamy said the district administration hopes to achieve 100 per cent target in the district. The district administration had identified 1,500 high risk and vulnerable groups in Mysuru. “We will achieve 100 per cent implementation,” he said.
