Encephalitis vaccination drive in Tripura from tomorrow

The Tripura government has decided to undertake Japanese Encephalitis (JE) vaccination drive from tomorrow, officials said.
The drive would be carried out between January 9 and 22 in four districts -- Unakoti, Gomati, South and Dhalai, member secretary of Health and Family Welfare Society Dr Sujit Chakma said here today.
Altogether 5.11 lakh children, aged between 1 and 15 years, would be vaccinated in the four districts, he said adding that schools, primary health centres, community health centres and Anganwadi Centres have been designated places for the vaccination.
In the second phase, children of these four districts aged between 9 and 12 months would be given JE vaccines. The dates for the second phase would be announced later.

In the three years starting from 2014, 14, 28 and 28 JE cases were reported in the state respectively. Four died of the disease in 2015, the official said.