Telangana BJP MLA G Kishan Reddy, who represents Amberpet Assembly constituency, administered polio vaccine to children at Kachiguda as part of the special drive.
He appealed to all to make use of the opportunity, a BJP release said.
The strain of the polio virus was detected in laboratory tests of the samples collected from a Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP) at Amberpet here.
During the week-long campaign, around three lakh children will be administered fractional dose of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) injections here and in parts of neighbouring Ranga Reddy district, according to a state government release issued yesterday.
Allaying fears, Union Health Ministry had said the wild polio virus (P2 strain) being found in the drain was a vaccine derived virus and does not change the polio-free status of India.
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