SHILLONG: The State Government has procured 30,000 vaccines from Croatia for the ongoing mass vaccination against meningococcal meningitis that has reportedly claimed 257 lives in Meghalaya in 2008-09.
With 30,000 more vaccines, about three lakh people will be vaccinated against the disease. Out of the 257 meningitis deaths so far, 14 have been confirmed by doctors.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/30000-more-anti-meningitis-vaccines-state
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/shillong-times-shillong
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jaintia-hills
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vaccination
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/meningitis
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/who
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/meghalaya
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/east-khasi-hills
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-khasi-hills
