Port Blair, Feb 27: Union Territory of A&N Islands has organized ‘National Immunization Day for Polio’ in the entire Territory today on 27th February 2022. Total 559 fixed booths were established. Arrangements were made to cover the children at bus terminals, sea ports. Apart from this, arrangements were also made to cover the children travelling by Inter Island Vessels as well as at Veer Savarkar International Air Port, Port Blair.
In A & N Islands out of 24571 children 23859 children in the age group of 0-5 years were administered Polio vaccine on 1st day, which includes Port Blair and Defence area. The District Wise coverage is given below.
Slno District Name Coverage Percentage
1 South Andaman 15670 95.96%
2 North & Middle Andaman 5818 98.29%
3 Nicobar 2371 102.07%
Total 23859
97.10%
Total 97.10 % has been covered on 1st day, this will follow two days’ of house-to-house visit on 28thFebruary and 1st March, 2022. Private practitioners of these Islands also actively participated in making the ‘National Immunization Day for Polio’ a grand success”.
