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The Health Department is launching measles eradication programme on the lines of polio eradication. India has given a deadline of 2020 to the World Health Organisation for measles eradication and three rounds have already been completed in the country and in the fourth round, Punjab will be covered. He said this immunisation program is very important as it aims to reduce infant mortality as measles is one of the leading killing diseases among the children .Measles is a viral infection of the respiratory system. Currently, the vaccine of Measles is administered to the kids during the routine vaccination programme but after the special drive is conducted, the vaccine which will be administered to the kids will be Measles-Rubella. Under this programme, a special drive will be started from April in the district under which the children in the age of nine months to 15 years will be immunised..