Port Blair, Mar.3: The Union Territory of A&N Islands organized National Immunization Day for Polio in the entire Territory today.The inaugural ceremony of National Immunization Day for Polio was organized at UHC Junglighat with the administration of first drop of Oral Polio Vaccine by Shri Arjun Sharma, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, South Andaman District as the chief guest. The program was attended by Dr. Suja Antony, Director of Health Services and Dr. Avijit Roy, State Immunization Officer alongwith other officials of DHS. The Deputy Commissioner welcomed the gathering and requested the general public to vaccinate their children between 0-5 years of age.
A total of 534 fixed booths were established. Arrangements were made to cover the children at Bus Terminals, and Seaport. Apart from this, arrangements were also made to cover the children travelling by Inter Island Vessels as well as at Veer Savarkar International Airport, Port Blair.
In the A & N Islands, out of 21778 children, 21820 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.
Sl no District Name Estimation Coverage Percentage
1 South Andaman 14600 14661 100.4%
2 North & Middle Andaman 4956 4981 100.5%
3 Nicobar 2222 2178 98.2%
Total 21778
21820
100.1%
A total of 100.1% has been covered on 1st day. This will be followed by two- days of the house-to-house visit on 04th and 5th March, 2024. Private practitioners of these Islands also actively participated in making the National Immunization Day for Polio a grand success.
