Public Health, family welfare and medical education minister T. S. Singhdeo launched the administration of two new vaccines that were added to regular vaccination drive at a function in Ambikapur on Tuesday.
Health department has included in the regular vaccination schedule Rotavirus and TD vaccine to protect children from diarrhea, tetanus and diphtheria.
He said parents should be made aware about these new vaccines so that they can come forward to administer those to children. Minister said that everyone should contribute for a healthy generation with full responsibility. In all the districts, across the state, the vaccination drive for two new vaccines has been launched.
The health department officials intimated that rotavirus vaccine will be given as oral drop in three dosages at one and a half month, two and a half and three and a half months to infants.
The TD vaccine will be administered to pregnant women and first time in children at the age of 10 years and second dose at 15 years of age. In pregnant women, vaccine will be administered in first quarter of pregnancy and two times in one month interval.