Je Vaccine

A special vaccination drive to inoculate an estimated 48 lakh children aged between 1-15 against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) will be held in Karnataka from December 5 for a period of three weeks, State Health Minister K Sudhakar said on Sunday.

A vaccination drive against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) was launched on Monday in Odisha's tribal-dominated Malkangiri district where the disease has so far claimed the lives of more than 100 children.

Over 350 people have died due to an outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis or JE and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in Assam in the last few weeks.

A special vaccination drive to inoculate an estimated 48 lakh children aged between 1-15 against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) will be held in Karnataka from December 5 for a period of three weeks, State Health Minister K Sudhakar said on Sunday.

A vaccination drive against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) was launched on Monday in Odisha's tribal-dominated Malkangiri district where the disease has so far claimed the lives of more than 100 children.

Over 350 people have died due to an outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis or JE and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in Assam in the last few weeks.