Summary:
The government has extended the MR vaccination drive in most districts till the end of this week. Vaccination drive will be on till Saturday at hospitals and outreach centres. more-inThree schools in Keezhmadu grama panchayat, among others, had proved difficult for the district health authorities in achieving the target of 95% coverage in Measles-Rubella vaccination drive. The district has so far achieved 86.28% coverage with a cumulative total of 5,83,352 children vaccinated till Wednesday. It has been decided to conduct more camps in schools where more than 400 children are left out in the vaccine drive..