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“The campaign will start from April 25 and continue for two weeks,” said Rajora.According to heath officials, the MR vaccine is available only with the government. Supervisory teams for designated areas will carry out inspections.A total of 6,37,284 children from 1,887 schools, both government and private, will be covered in 4,046 vaccination sessions. Anganwadi and Asha workers and staff nurses would administer the vaccine to students under the supervision of a medical officer or a doctor. The staff has been trained and the cold chain system, where the vaccine is maintained between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius, is the best.” GURUGRAM: The health department has asked the private schools resisting the MR (Measles-Rubella) vaccination drive to comply, saying that the target is to immunise all children between ages of 9 months and 15 years.On Monday, civil surgeon B S Rajora said his team would conduct meets in schools to convince parents about the benefits of the vaccine..