IMI 4.0 second round from Apr 4
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, March 31 2022:
The second round of Intensified Mission Indradhanush 4.0 (IMI 4.0) will kick off on April 4 and it will continue for a week, state immunisation officer Dr T Manihar has informed in a statement.
According to the statement, immunisation of young children is a must to prevent them from various diseases like poliomyelitis, hepatitis, measles, tuberculosis, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, pneumonia and Japanese encephalitis.
To ensure that every child in the state gets vaccinated to prevent them from these diseas es, the second round of IMI 4.0 will be carried out a week, he said, and appealed to the people to vaccinate children in the.
age group of 0-2 years by taking them to the nearest health centre during IMI 4.0 which will save both the child and the mother.