In Uttar Pradesh, around two crore children are being immunised for polio virus today. The massive campaign is on in 53 districts of the state. A Special National Immunisation Day is being observed under which anti-polio drops would be administered to children below 5 years of age at designated booths. Mobile teams of health workers will make door-to-door visits for next 5 days to administer polio drops to the children left out of today’s campaign. According to National Polio Surveillance Report, the number of polio cases in the country has risen to 528 as on 30th October this year with Uttar Pradesh topping the list. Around 400 cases of P3 wild polio virus have been reported throughout the state, mostly from western districts this year.