Port Blair, Jan 31: “Union Territory of A&N Islands has organized Single round of National Immunization Day for Polio in the entire Territory today on 31st January 2021.
Total 559 fixed booths were established. Arrangements were made to cover the children at Bus Terminals, sea Port, beside above; arrangements were also made to cover the children travelling by Inter Island Vessels as well as at Vir Savarkar International Air Port, Port Blair.
In A & N Islands out of 26193 children 25056 children in the age group of 0-5 years were administered Polio vaccine on 1st day, which includes Port Blair and Defense area. The District Wise coverage is given below.
Slno District Name Coverage Percentage
1 South Andaman 16651 93.89%
2 North & Middle Andaman 5911 99.19%
3 Nicobar 2494 106.45%
Total 25056
95.66%
Total 95.66% has been covered on 1st day, this will follow two days’ of house to house visit on 01st and 02th February, 2021. Private practitioners of these Islands also actively participated in making the National Immunization Day for Polio a grand success”.
