UP CM Yogi Adityanath launches immunisation campaign against Encephalitis disease

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched an immunisation campaign against Encephalitis disease in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.

This massive immunisation campaign will be launched in 38 eastern districts of the state starting from May 25 to June 11 to protect children from the deadly disease that has been claiming hundreds of lives annually.

The campaign will include children up to 15 years of age and will cover over 88 lakh children for which the central government has provided one crore vaccines.

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Some 40,000 children have died of the disease in the past four decades in the region and about 85 per cent cases of Japanese Encephalitis and AES are reported among Dalits and minorities.