Pulse polio drive from today set to cover 36 lakh children in Madhya Pradesh

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In Indore, around five lakh children will be inoculated at 3,500 booths...

The sub-national pulse polio campaign will be kicked off in 16 districts across Madhya Pradesh today..

The district health authorities are aiming to inoculate around 36 lakh children aged up to five under this drive.k)..

The districts were identified based on their susceptibility to the viral infection amid the presence of a large migratory population, Times of India reported..

District immunisation officer Dr Tarun Gupta said the drive will move to a door-to-door campaign in the next two days after Sunday..

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