The Information Officer of the State Ministry of Health, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, said on Monday in Yola that the exercise under the Supplementary Immunisation Plus Days 1 (SIPDs1) started on Saturday.
He said that 1,685 teams, comprising vaccinators and mobilisers were engaged in the exercise in the 21 Local Government Areas of the state.
Abubakar noted that the effort to eradicate polio was spearheaded by Global Polio Eradication Initiative, led by the Federal Government with support from World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Rotary International and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation also supported the exercise.
Speaking on the exercise in Yola North Local Government, the Executive Secretary of the Local Government Primary Healthcare Department, Malam Salihu Bello, said the exercise was going on smoothly.
Bello disclosed that more than 80,000 children are expected to be immunised in the area.