Haryana Government has set a target to immunise a total of 2.5 lakh children during the third round of Mission Indradhanush in the State. The third round of Mission Indradhanush, which is an intensified immunization drive, has began from June 7 and will continue upto June 13 in all the 21 districts of Haryana.
A spokesman of Haryana Health Department on Thursday said that during the last four days i.e. from June 7 to 10, a total of 83,427 children have been vaccinated.
He said that 14,565 children were completely immunized. In 9-11 months age group, 7942 male and 6500 female children were immunized and under 12-23 months age group, 2765 male and 2454 female children were immunized.
In 21 districts of the state, 673 children were immunised in Ambala, 895 in Bhiwani, 1330 in Faridabad, 507 in Fatehabad, 1720 in Gurgaon, 599 in Hisar, 494 in Jhajjar, 450 in Jind, 585 in Kaithal , 612 in Karnal,533 in Kurukshetra, 1095 in Mewat, 742 in Narnaul, 985 in Palwal, 266 in Panchkula, 493 in Panipat, 668 in Rewari, 330 in Rohtak, 306 in Sirsa, 859 in Sonipat and 423 in Yamunanagar were completely immunized.
The spokesperson said that the tate had launched Mission Indradhanush on April 7 as an intense immunization drive of seven days in a month for four consecutive months with an aim to cover all the unimmunized and partially immunized children and pregnant women in 13 districts.
As many as 1,07,542 children were vaccinated in first round from April 7 to 13 and 1,78,629 children were vaccinated in second round from May 7 to 13.
In 21 districts, the spokesperson said, 2831children were immunised in Ambala, 5617 in Bhiwani, 7584 in Faridabad, 2956 in Fatehabad,10081 in Gurgaon, 3325 in Hisar, 2620 in Jhajjar, 2739 in Jind, 2557 in Kaithal , 3228 in Karnal, 2661 in Kurukshetra, 8908 in Mewat, 2783 in Narnaul, 5908 in Palwal, 1116 in Panchkula, 4077 in Panipat, 2744 in Rewari, 2432 in Rohtak, 1740 in Sirsa, 5442 in Sonipat and 2078 in Yamunanagar .
In the targeted districts focus areas have been identified on the basis of immunization coverage and all high risk and underserved areas have also been included, added the spokesperson.