4th round of 13th NDI August 6

By Unb, Dhaka
24 July 2006, 18:00 PM
The fourth round of vaccination campaign of the 13th National Day of Immunisation (NDI) will be held on August 6.

On the day, two drops of polio vaccine will be administered to all children aged up to five years as an antidote to the deadly disease.

Children either given or not given the vaccine in the previous rounds could be fed with the vaccine in the fourth round.

"All the vaccination centres across the country will be available for vaccination. Parents can get their children vaccinated at airports, railway stations, bus terminals, ferry ghats and launch terminals during travel time," said a government announcement yesterday.

All the vaccination centres will remain open from 8:00am to 4:00pm.

The 1st round of 13th NDI was observed on April 16, the 2nd on May 13 and the third on June 11.