Antipolio drive exceeds target

Thu, 04 Sep 1997, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA (JP): More than one million city infants recieved
polio vaccines yesterday, exceeding the target of 972,100 by 4.17
percent, according to the head of the city's health agency.

Askin Lasman said yesterday that East Jakarta recorded the
largest number with 254,884 of the 1,012,646 recipients.

Last year, 969,833 children were vaccinated, or 1.9 percent
more than the target of 951,900 infants.

The fourth round of the antipolio drive will be held next
year.

Governor Surjadi Soedirdja has expressed optimism that the
annual drive should succeed in eradicating polio in the city by
the year 2000. (07)

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