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Pulse polio drive on Sunday: Health Department gears up to vaccinate over 1.6 lakh children

February 17, 2012

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Mangalore, February 17: The District Health Officer on Friday urged the parents with children below five years of age to compulsorily administer the polio vaccination to their children, as the first phase of polio vaccination administering for the year 2011-12 was scheduled on Sunday, February 19.

Speaking to media persons here on Friday, DK DHO Dr O R Srirangappa informed that the District Health Department has set an aim to vaccinate as many as 1,65,136 children on coming Sunday and a total of 921 booths have been formed across the district to administer polio vaccines. A total of 3,788 volunteers, 187 supervisors, six mobile units, 21 transit teams, 655 health department staff, 2,102 Anganawadi workers, 1,045 Asha workers, 105 officers have been deployed for the purpose. The intended drops to be vaccinated is 2,17,271, said the DHO.

He also informed that godowns for storing polio vaccination have been opened at the District Health office, Taluk Health centre, government hospitals, urban family welfare centres, community health centres and primary health centres.

The DHO said that the polio drive for the year 2011-12 has been formed in the State keeping in mind the migrant labourers. Though the last polio case in the State was registered in 1999, a few polio cases have been recorded in North Indian states and therefore the State is apprehensive about the chances of recurring of polio cases in the State through migrant labourers from North.

The District Health Department is facing problem in the process of prevention of polio especially from the residents of flats and apartments who are non-co-operative. District Health and Family Welfare officer Dr O R Onkarappa said that there are chances of polio cases getting reported in the district because of the migrant labourers. As they are ignorant towards polio drops, the Department has decided to give special attention to them and vaccinate the children of migrant labourers this year, he informed.

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May 15,2020

Marriages will have to shed decadence as the state government, in an advisory, has restricted the number of guests to 50 and barred consumption of liquor at such events. 

The advisory was issued in anticipation that the COVID-19 lockdown will be eased in a phased manner. 

The advisory, issued by the Department of Health & Family Welfare, states that events can be held in a “suitable public place with good natural ventilation (no air condition).”

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All guests must have the Arogya Setu app on their phones and the contact details all marriage attendees should be maintained. 

No person from a containment zone will be allowed to attend the event, and persons aged above 65 years, pregnant women and children below 10 years are not permitted. 

Sanitizers are to be provided at the entry and at “appropriate” places. Thermal screening is a must at the entry point of the venue. The scanner should be held 3-15 cm away from a person’s forehead. “Anyone found having a fever (37.5 degree centigrade or 99.5 farenheit), cold, cough, difficulty in breathing shall not be permitted to attend the event and immediately referred to seek medical advice,” the advisory said. 

Besides prohibition on consumption of alcohol, the advisory said paan, gutka and tobacco will not be allowed. 

Face masks are compulsory and all persons should maintain a physical distance of more than one metre. The venue shall be clean and hygienic, with a prohibition on spitting in public places.

A nodal person should be identified to oversee the arrangements, the advisory said.

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The local police said today that the incident took place on Thursday evening when the boy was returning home along with his grandmother.

The leopard first attacked a cow and then the boy who was behind it. The feline dragged the body into the forest.

After a search operation by the forest officials, the body was found and handed over to the parents after post-mortem.

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