Chhattisgarh government has included two more new vaccines in its regular vaccination programme.
For protecting children from diarrhea Rotavirus vaccine and for tetanus and diphtheria the new TD vaccine will now be administered.
With inclusion of two more vaccines in regular vaccination programme, children can be now protected from 11 life-affecting diseases.
Public health, family welfare and medical education minister T. S. Singhdeo will officially launch the state-level use of two new vaccines on July 8 at Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Raipur.
The children and women will be administered these vaccines at all districts of the state from July 9.
The health department officials intimated that rotavirus vaccine will be given as oral drop in three dosages at the age of 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. In pregnant women, vaccine will be administered in first quarter of pregnancy and two times in one month interval.