Chandigarh, Jan. 20 -- To sustain polio eradication from Punjab, the state Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Sunday launched the three-day pulse polio campaign at Jagatpura village in Mohali district.
More than 33 lakh children of less than five years, across the state, will be administered polio drops as part of the National Immunization Day (NID) drives
After administering oral polio vaccine (OPV) drops to children, the Health Minister said that government is making all efforts to protect children from more and more diseases and emphasized that all vaccines under the program must reach each and every child of the State.
He said that during the current drive, more than 50,000 health workers, Aanganwari workers, nu...