Nagaland: Polio vaccine campaign aiming 80% coverage

Dimapur, Jan. 28 (EMN): The department of Health and Family Welfare will be undertaking a three-day polio vaccine campaign targeting 1, 51, 00 children below 5 years of age.

The campaign aims to achieve 80% coverage, starting from January 31 to February 2.

Senior Medical Officer, WHO, Dr. Sheilla Longkumer, stated this during the state task force meeting to review Covid- 19 vaccination and National Immunisation Day (NID) for Polio, held in Kohima on January 28.

The immunisation campaign will be launched at Naga Hospital Authority Kohima, a DIPR report informed.

“Monday and Tuesday will be house-to-house, while Sunday will be open for those who could not get vaccinated on those two days,” it read.

She informed that Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0 would be carried out in all districts except Longleng.

“IMI 3.0 is a special immunisation drive to vaccinate missed out and left out children in hard to reach areas of the districts,” it added.