Pneumonia vaccine launched in Dera Bassi

Tribune New Service

Chandigarh, August 25

Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Wednesday launched pneumococcal conjugate vaccine under the national immunisation programme.

During a state-level launch function at the Subdivisional Hospital, Dera Bassi, Sidhu said the vaccine would prevent children against the deadly diseases caused by the bacteria.

The vaccine would be given free of cost in all government facilities. It would be given in three doses.

Pneumonia vaccine launched in Dera Bassi
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