Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination Drive Begins in Malkangiri
Vaccination for Japanese Encephalitis (JE) began in Malkangiri district on Monday. As many as 2.18 lakh children aged between 1-15 years identified for vaccination. District Collector K Sudarshan Chakravarty inaugurated the drive against JE in the district today.
The programme would be carried out from 8 AM to 3 PM everyday for 15 days. A total 175 teams have been formed for this. Total 2,18,027 children aged between 1 and 15 years have been identified for the vaccination. In the first phase, schools having larger number of students would be covered.