Over 23 lakh children below the age of five years in the State will be administered an additional dose of oral polio vaccine on March 3, Sunday, as part of the nationwide Pulse Polio immunisation drive.
The target population of children under five years of age in the State is 23,28,258. The Health department has arranged 23,471 booths, including mobile and transit booths, to administer the vaccine to the children. A total of 46,942 volunteers and 1,564 supervisors have been trained to conduct the drive in the State.
The booths will function from 8 a.m. till 5 p.m. on March 3.
