Chief Minister P.K. Dhumal has urged the people to extend full cooperation in the effective implementation of the pulse-polio campaign to ensure polio eradication. He administered anti-polio drops to children below the age of five year as part of the 14th pulse polio immunisation campaign here today. He said 7.24 lakh children would be administered polio drops at 5,885 booths all over the state.

KATRA :for the 3-day intensified Pulse Polio Immunization programme, 42 booths were setup in Health Block Katra of district Reasi which also includes four booths setup on the track of Mata Vaishno Devi at different locations for the facilities of visiting pilgrims.

HAILAKANDI, Dec 1

To check recurring cases of polio in the country, health ministry is going to introduce an Injectible Polio Vaccine (IPV) in nine districts of UP and Bihar from where maximum cases have been reported.

The ministry will introduce IPV in the two vulnerable states alongside the ongoing countrywide oral immunisation programme to eradicate the disease.

There seems to be more forces backing the virulent polio virus in Uttar Pradesh. Or else why would children suffer from the crippling disease despite being

Ranchi, Oct. 20: The state

The last pulse polio immunisation drive was cancelled; there is no surety that the next one, scheduled for November 9, will be carried out