Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has informed that the state would be launching Measles Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign on April 25 for children from nine months to 15 years of age and about 85 lakh children would be getting this vaccination.

Stating this in the meeting of state level screening committee for Measles Rubella campaign held on April 9, Chief Secretary D S Dhesi informed that the campaign would continue for 5 to 6 weeks and even directed, Indian shooter Ms Manu Bhaker to be made the brand ambassador of this campaign besides spreading awareness among gram sachivs and panchayats under Gram Swaraj Abhiyan and to include administrative secretaries of 46 blocks allocated under ‘Parivartan’ scheme.

It was informed in the meeting that the campaign would be launched at district level by Ministers, MPs and MLAs. Immunization would be carried out in 22,626 government and private schools, 25,771 Anganwadi centres, construction sites, brick kilns, poultry farms, other high risk zones and urban areas. In districts, supervisory duty of the campaign has been assigned to medical officers, dental surgeons and AYUSH doctors. It was also informed that all children of the stated age group would be covered under this campaign even if they had already been administered MR or AMR vaccination. One vaccination centre each would be set up at every medical college in the state.