The northern province of Bac Ninh is busy with a large-scalevaccination campaign against measles and rubella, with nearly 280,000children aged 1-14 expected to become immune, said a local healthofficial.
The first official round of the campaign will be inSeptember-October, targeting under-five children while those aged 6-10will receive shots between November and December.
The lastround will run throughout the next January -February, said DeputyDirector of the provincial Preventive Medicine Centre Nguyen Khac Tu,adding that qualified medical staff and necessary equipment will beready.
Earlier, Bac Ninh vaccinated almost all children under two years old, equivalent to more than 7,000.
For past years, the province has spread the expanded vaccination drive to over 98 percent of its junior population.
A number of localities in the country have been preparing for thevaccination against the diseases, including Ha Nam, Hai Phong, Hanoiand Ho Chi Minh City.
At a meeting of the SteeringCommittee for Epidemic Prevention and Control in early July, theMinistry of Health said it plans a new measles-Rubella vaccination drivetargeting children from 1-14 years old in September.
As many as 5,031 cases of measles were recorded in the country in the first half of this year.-VNA
The first official round of the campaign will be inSeptember-October, targeting under-five children while those aged 6-10will receive shots between November and December.
The lastround will run throughout the next January -February, said DeputyDirector of the provincial Preventive Medicine Centre Nguyen Khac Tu,adding that qualified medical staff and necessary equipment will beready.
Earlier, Bac Ninh vaccinated almost all children under two years old, equivalent to more than 7,000.
For past years, the province has spread the expanded vaccination drive to over 98 percent of its junior population.
A number of localities in the country have been preparing for thevaccination against the diseases, including Ha Nam, Hai Phong, Hanoiand Ho Chi Minh City.
At a meeting of the SteeringCommittee for Epidemic Prevention and Control in early July, theMinistry of Health said it plans a new measles-Rubella vaccination drivetargeting children from 1-14 years old in September.
As many as 5,031 cases of measles were recorded in the country in the first half of this year.-VNA
