February 2021: India holds Polio National Immunisation Day

India held its Polio National Immunisation Day event from January 31-February 2—administering oral polio drops to over 91 million children under age 5, and reaching over 19 million more children in a house-to-house mop-up round the following week. The drive was conducted alongside a Covid-19 mass vaccination campaign that targeted over 4.1 million healthcare workers and other priority groups. WHO

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