Next polio drive slated for June 1
Mumbai: With the detection of a new polio case in Bhiwandi, state health officials have stressed the need for all parents to bring their children for the next pulse polio immunisation.
The public needs to be told that all children need to be vaccinated with the oral polio vaccine in the next round on June 1, said Dr A P Narula, the World Health Organisations surveillance officer in charge of Thane district, adding that analysis of sewage samples had shown the presence of the P3 polio virus in the citys drains.