A pulse polio drive scheduled to be held from March 3 is expected to cover more than 20,000 children aged below five years in Chamarajanagar taluk.
Chamarajanagar Tahsildar Basavaraju, who presided over the taluk-level Task Force meeting on pulse polio campaign, said a total of 189 booths including 39 in urban areas and 150 in rural areas will be set up on March 3. About 779 immunization staff and 41 supervisors will be deployed at the booths.
Seven transit booths and one mobile booth will also be deployed in the taluk. The transit booths will be opened at government and private bus stands, where arrangements have been made to administer pulse polio drops to children below five years of age. The mobile booth will cover other densely populated areas in the taluk.
