<span style="color: #222222;">Government today said that around 89 lakh children were given polio drops under National Polio Immunisation drive across the country. Union Health Ministry said, Vaccination were conducted at seven lakh booths.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Today is the Polio National Immunization Day, also known as Polio Ravivar. The booth activity will be followed by house-to-house surveillance over the next two to five days to identify and vaccinate children under five years, who missed getting vaccinated at the booths. The Ministry said, vaccination teams have also been deployed at bus terminals, railway stations, airports and ferry crossing to vaccinate children in transit to ensure no child misses the life-saving dose.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">All measures have been taken to ensure safety during the times of the pandemic by maintaining COVID-19 appropriate practices, such as preventing overcrowding at booths, maintaining physical distance, wearing masks, washing hands and administering polio drops in well ventilated-settings. India has been free of polio for a decade, with the last case of wild poliovirus reported on 13th January 2011.</span><br />''  <br />