Overview
- Goa launched its statewide Pulse Polio campaign at Sankhali on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant urging parents to bring children under five to nearby vaccination booths.
- Telangana is continuing door-to-door and booth rounds and Prasad Hospitals reiterated on June 28 that all eligible children should receive oral polio vaccine drops on National Immunization Day even after routine doses.
- Campaigns use fixed booths plus Anganwadi and ASHA workers, healthcare staff and volunteers to reach every eligible child and to maximize coverage across urban and rural areas.
- Health leaders frame the drives as preventive measures to preserve India’s polio-free status because poliovirus still circulates in parts of the world and importation remains a risk.
- Officials and hospitals say observers should watch turnout and coverage numbers this round because high participation is the main factor that keeps communities protected and reduces the chance of local outbreaks.