TD vaccination drive launched
The drive will go on till August in, which around 7,000 students of 226 schools of district would be vaccinated to protect them from tetanus and diphtheria diseases.
The DM interacted with girl students and apprised them about the significance of vaccine. He said that both tetanus and diphtheria are serious and life-threatening diseases and the most effective way to prevent them was timely vaccination. This vaccine was given as a booster at the age of 10 and 16 years with the aim of strengthening immunity of children, so that the effectiveness of the previously received DPT vaccines can be maintained he added.
The District Magistrate directed the teams of the Health and Education department to ensure the presence of children in every school and do intensive monitoring. TNN
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