Polio vaccination drive 95% on target

Polio vaccination drive 95% on target

JAKARTA: The Jakarta Health Agency estimates that more
children under five in the city have taken part in the third
polio vaccination program than the previous programs.

"We still have until Wednesday to carry out house-to-house
calls in search of unvaccinated children," agency spokeswoman
Zelvyno said on Monday.

She said that the agency noted that 879,388 children had
received the oral vaccine, or 95.28 percent of the targeted
922,263 children.

Data from the agency shows that 272,752 children in East
Jakarta were vaccinated, 187,715 in South Jakarta, 187,566 in
West Jakarta, 139,295 in North Jakarta and 89,736 in Central
Jakarta. -- JP