Polio vaccination program

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)