Phase II of polio campaign on Sunday

February 06, 2010 09:35 am | Updated 09:35 am IST - CHENNAI

Phase II of the Intensive Pulse Polio Immunisation (IPPI) campaign in the city will be conducted from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

A total of 1,126 centres will function at Government Hospitals, Corporation welfare centres, civic body dispensaries, noon meal centres, private hospitals, railway stations and bus termini.

Arrangements have also been made to give the drops to children at the Marina, the Tourism and Trade Fair on Island Grounds and the Chennai Moffusil Bus Terminus in Koyambedu on Sunday.

A total of 5,23,224 children below the age of five were given polio drops in the first phase on January 10, a press release said.

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