Tamil Nadu is entering its 13th polio-free year and as part of the nationwide intensified Pulse Polio campaign on Sunday, the State has set up 43,051 booths in all PHCs, government hospitals, ICDS centres, noon meal centres, schools, and other important places.
The immunisation booths will function from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. All children aged up to 5 will be given the second round of drops of polio vaccine, the first round of two drops of the vaccine was given on April 2. All newborn children and those immunised recently should be given polio drops on campaign days. Children of migrant labourers too will be given the vaccine.
Finger marking is done for all vaccinated children, which will help identify those missed out. Private paediatricians will administer polio drops in their clinics on the campaign days. As many as 1,652 transit booths will function in bus stands, railway stations, and airports.
