Polio National Immunisation Day rescheduled to January 31

The National Polio Immunisation Programme, has rescheduled to January 31. The National Immunisation Day (NID), commonly known as the Pulse Polio Immunisation programme, was scheduled for January 17 across India.

children in the age group of 0-5 years are administered polio drops, has rescheduled to January 31.

The National Immunisation Day (NID), commonly known as the Pulse Polio Immunisation programme, was scheduled for January 17 across India.

The Union Health Ministry had communicated the decision to defer the polio immunisation programme to all states through a letter on January 9.

"This is to inform that due to unforeseen activities, it is decided to postpone the scheduled Polio NID (National Immunisation Day) round from January 17, 2021 till further notice," according to the letter sent to the Principal Secretary in the Health department of all states.

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan had said on January 8 that polio immunisation will be carried out on January 17.

"We have decided that on January 17, we are going to have our national immunisation days for polio which will run for two to three days," he had said adding the drive covered aspects like identifying and immunising children left out from vaccination.

The vaccination is very essential to ensure that the nation maintained overall immunity levels against polio virus, he had said.

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