KOZHIKODE: Pulse polio immunisation drive will be held in the district on March 11. Health department will administer pulse polio to 2, 39,780 children below five years through 2229 vaccine distribution booths in the district on the day.
Apart from this, health department will also administer
polio vaccine
through 58 transits booths and 74 mobile booths set up in the booths. The drive will be held from 8 am to 5 pm on the day. District panchayat president
Babu Parassery
will inaugurate the pulse polio immunisation drive at a function to be held at
Moffusil
stand on March 11.
District
Medical
officer Dr V Jayashree will deliver keynote address on the occasion. Corporation public works standing committee chairperson T V Lalitha Prabha will preside over the function.
District Medical officer Dr V Jayashree instructed the parents to administer polio vaccine to all their children below five years.
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Read MoreSreedevi is senior correspondent with the Times of India in Kozhikode. She is handling the civic issue beat for the past four years. She was with The New Indian Express earlier.
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