Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign to begin on Dec 12

A 44-day 'Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign' will begin on December 12 across the country with a target for administering 3.40 crore children.

"Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign was scheduled to launch on December 5. But the authorities have rescheduled the campaign for December 12 due to unavoidable circumstances," Dr Md Shamsul Haque, director of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), told BSS.

Shamsul said a total 3.40 crore children, age between nine months and under 10 years, will be vaccinated across the country to prevent measles and control rubella.

The Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign will end on January 24, he added.