The Punjab Government, to eradicate measles and rubella, on Tuesday launched the State-level Measles Rubella (MR) Vaccination Campaign from Fridkot.
The State Health and Family Welfare Minister, while rolling out the campaign, said that during this campaign, all children ranging from the age of nine months to less than 15 years will be vaccinated regardless of previous vaccination with MR or MMR or history of measles or rubella like illness.
Mohindra said that an estimated 73,50,382 children will be vaccinated in the campaign. “We have planned to vaccinate 73,50,382 children in 58,783 sessions, with the help of 5,200 teams,” he said.
For the mammoth exercise, Mohindra said that 56,974 health staff and volunteers besides 48,983 teachers have been trained. “If in any case during this vaccination campaign, any child is left out, the ASHA workers and ANMs, as a follow up, would go home-to-home and ensure the vaccination of left out children,” he said.
Mohindra said that it has also come to his notice that certain nefarious and anti-social elements were trying to mislead the society by spreading false and malicious propaganda regarding Measles Rubella Vaccine through social media, which is very unfortunate.