Polio vaccination program

JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said that the city administration has set up more than 9,000 posts for the second round of the polio vaccination program. More than 26,000 volunteers are expected to help with today's endeavor which will administer the second shot in the polio series.

Surjadi also said that the city administration will also operate a mobile unit to vaccinate children under five years old at home.

"The mobile post will also cover the children of squatters and beggars," Surjadi said on Monday.

Some of the posts are located in bus terminals, markets and day care centers.

He explained that in the first round of the program, held on Sept. 13, a total of 921,645 of a targeted 928,100 children were vaccinated.

Surjadi said that it is important for parents to take their kids to the immunization post to get their second vaccine and complete their vaccination program.(yns)