J&K facing shortage of 12 lakh measles vaccines: Omar
21 Sept 2014 4:43 AM IST
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said while the Centre has been very helpful in dealing with floods, the state is facing a shortage of nearly 12 lakh measles vaccines, which they will now purchase from the open market.
‘We need to vaccinate 13 lakh children in the age group of 0-15 years so that we do not have measles epidemic. We have only received one lakh vaccines from the Centre. I have now told my department not to wait for this for government of India and procure vaccine from the market,’ Omar told PTI.
He said the Centre has been helpful and ‘in some respects their own channels have been inundated by the floods in the scale of what is required. Therefore, supplies are not as quickly available to us as we would have liked.’
Omar said money has been put in the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, which was set up after the devastating floods.
‘We need to vaccinate 13 lakh children in the age group of 0-15 years so that we do not have measles epidemic. We have only received one lakh vaccines from the Centre. I have now told my department not to wait for this for government of India and procure vaccine from the market,’ Omar told PTI.
He said the Centre has been helpful and ‘in some respects their own channels have been inundated by the floods in the scale of what is required. Therefore, supplies are not as quickly available to us as we would have liked.’
Omar said money has been put in the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, which was set up after the devastating floods.
Next Story
