Dong Nai to give measles vaccination to 37,000 children

12:04, 19/04/2014

(ĐN)- A programme on vaccination against measles will be carried out in all health stations across the province on April 20-25, said Director Cao Trong Nguong of  Dong Nai Preventive Medicine Centre.

 

 

A child receives measles vaccinations at the provincial Preventive Medicine Centre.
A child receives measles vaccinations at the provincial Preventive Medicine Centre.  

(ĐN)- A programme on vaccination against measles will be carried out in all health stations across the province on April 20-25, said Director Cao Trong Nguong of  Dong Nai Preventive Medicine Centre.

Accordingly, the province is going to give measles vaccinations to around 37,000 children between 9 and 24 months old, who have not been fully vaccinated against the disease.

Since the beginning of the year, some 234 cases have been diagnosed with the disease in the province, 33 of them have tested positive to measles.

Reported by H.A