17 lakh kids get polio vaccine

Jammu, January

On the first day of the Pulse Polio Immunization Programme, over 17 lakh children in the age bracket of 0-5 years were administered oral polio vaccine throughout Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, an official spokesman said.

In the Kashmir division, 9,48,568 children were vaccinated against the crippling disease which amounted to 89 per cent of the total target, he said.

He said 7,58,741 children were given polio drops amounting to 83 per cent of the total target children in the Jammu division.

Respective divisional and district administrations have made elaborate arrangements to cover all the children in the age group of 0-5 years, the spokesman said. — PTI