Lumbini announced as Full Vaccination Guaranteed province

Lumbini, Sept 30: Lumbini province has been declared as a fully-vaccinated province.     

Chief Minister Chet Narayan Acharya declared at a programme today that the province has achieved full vaccination status after ensuring that all children under the age of 15 months have been vaccinated according to the national vaccination schedule.     

According to the fiscal year 2024/25 data, 262 thousand 856 children in Lumbini province have been fully vaccinated.     

Health Minister Khem Saru and other local-level chiefs and deputy chiefs participated in the announcement programme. It is shared that the children are being vaccinated against various communicable diseases.     

Vaccines against tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, hepatitis B, Haemophilia, influenza B, polio, measles, rubella, pneumonia, meningitis, Japanese encephalitis, typhoid, and rotavirus diarrhoea have been provided. (RSS)