According to Chennai sources the Greater Chennai Corporation has geared up 1,640 polio vaccination camps in the city during the first phase of the pulse polio campaign to be conducted on Sunday. Meanwhile according to a Chennai Corporation statement, over 7.06 lakh children less than 5 years of age would be given polio vaccine at 1,640 camps readied across the city.



Sources have stated that although the country has been declared as polio-free, neighboring countries are prone to the disease, which made the polio campaign essential, the statement added. Of the total 1,640 camps, 1,436 are permanent camps and 41 are mobile camps.

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According to sources the polio camps would function from 7 am to 5 pm without intervals. As many as 6,700 persons would be employed belonging to government departments and NGOs in the polio camp, the civic body said. The Chennai Corporation also said that it had provided polio vaccines to 29,63,320 children during 4 polio campaigns conducted in 2016 and 2017.

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