335,000 to get polio vaccines

335,000 to get polio vaccines

BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: About 335,000 children under
five years of age will be given free polio vaccinations over the
coming two years.

The program is part of the state-sponsored drive aimed at
eradicating polio nationwide by the year 2000, chief of the
provincial health office Soedarsono said yesterday.

The government will launch the national immunization program
in September.

According to Soedarsono, there was only one polio case
reported in the province over the past five years, Antara
reported.

The provincial government will set up a special team in charge
of collecting data on under-fives to make sure that no one in the
age group misses out on immunization. (pan)