On the occasion of Polio Day, thousands of children between the ages of 0 to 5 were vaccinated in the city. Meanwhile, the state has committed to providing polio vaccination to 1 crore infants over the next five days.

Sunita Sutar, a community health worker based in Bandra (West), mentioned that polio vaccination drives are probably the only times when health workers like herself do not have to convince people much. “This is one thing which anyone, anywhere, is aware of,” she said.