Tag: Rubella Vaccination

Bhubaneswar: Concerns are now being raised over the mass immunization drive following the death of a girl student days after she was administered with Measles -Rubella (MR) vaccine at Lakhanpur in Jharsuguda district on Tuesday. The deceased student Anju Kissan of Banjari Advasi Residential School was administered vaccine on January 29. The family members alleged […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government will launch a five-week aggressive Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign from January 29 for children in the age group of 9 months to 15 years as part of the National Immunisation Programme which aims to eradicate the disease that leads to severe disabilities in children. The vaccine will replace the existing two-dose measles vaccination […]