Mangalore: 637 booths were set up in DK, with 87 in urban areas for administering 2 pulse-polio drops to babies to keep them away from polio disease. In Mangalore rural, 26,522 Children, and in Urban(MCC)limits, 18,838 kids were treated.
There are similar figures for Taluk areas. During the next3 days, all the rest of the children, whether local or migrant, will be covered in 921 booths all over the district.
3788 personnel are on Job, with 187 supervisors, 6 mobile units and 21 transit teams in the polio drive.
There are 655 health dept. staff, 2012 anganwadi workers, 1045 Asha Workers and 105 medical officers in a great drive on pulse polio drops.
In Udupi 80,307 kids below 5 years were vaccinated. In DK, 87.7% children were vaccinated against polio disease.