Three-day survey for JE vaccination begins in Odisha’s Malkangiri

Biswajeet Swain Published On : Nov 20, 2016 at 1:41 PM Updated On : Nov 20, 2016 at 1:47 PM

Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Malkangiri, Nov 20:

A three-day door-to-door survey for vaccination drive against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) started in Odisha’s Malkangiri district today.

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As many as 890 teams have been engaged to undertake the survey on November 20, 21, & 22 for identifying children in the 1-15 age group who will be vaccinated, sources said.

The vaccination programme will start from the first week of December.

Notably, a decision to undertake vaccination drive against the killer vector-borne disease was taken at a review meeting chaired by the district Collector here on November 13.

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