So far over 1 crore children in Gujarat vaccinated under campaign against Measles-Rubella

Gandhinagar, August 30: So far 1.20 crore children in Gujarat have been vaccinated in the ongoing State-wide Vaccination Campaign against Measles-Rubella. Notably, after Punjab, the government of Gujarat began a massive vaccination campaign against Measles-Rubella.

 

Disclosing this, Gujarat’s Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said, “Around 1.60 crore children are to be vaccinated under the ongoing campaign. So far, we could vaccinate around 1.20 crore children. So, 40 lakh children are yet to be vaccinated due to various reasons like rain and festivals.”

He further added that the state authorities is going to extend the campaign by 10 days, till September 10 with an aim to cover remaining 40 lakh children in the state. The Deputy CM also appealed to all the parents whose children are yet to be vaccinated.

Nitin Patel further added that many senior officers of the state government had got their children vaccinated under the campaign to spread the word that it is not dangerous at all. “Under the recommendation of our Health Department officials, I also got my eight-year-old granddaughter and 10 other children from the extended family vaccinated under it,” the Deputy CM concluded.

Meanwhile, Gujarat’s Health Department had clarified that none of the death was caused by the vaccine. Importantly, the Gujarat government had also covered schools under the campaign to reach out to the children.

Earlier, this year, more than 50 Lakh children were vaccinated under massive state-wide Vaccination Campaign against Measles-Rubella in Punjab.