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The 60 phase of Pulse Polio programme was held in Vishakapatnam in the back drop of India being declared polio free by World Health Organization (WHO). Children in the 0-5 years age group were administered the oral polio vaccine. The focus of the immunization drive was on migrant families in the city. The mop-up operations would continue during the next two to three days. Special attention was paid to the migratory population and high risk groups like nomads, brick-kiln workers, fishermen community, construction workers at the sites and agriculture labourers and the settled high-risk group in the district, District Medical and Health Officer R. Syamala said.
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health, immunization, vaccine, polio, migrants, children, brick-kiln workers, construction workers, Vishakapatnam
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