‘States Have Started Implementing IMI 3.0 For Kids, Pregnant Women Not Immunised In Routine Drive'
Millennium Post Delhi|February 24, 2021
NEW DELHI: Various states and Union territories have started implementing the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0, a campaign aimed at reaching those children and pregnant women who were not covered during the routine immunisation programme due to COVID-19, with nearly 29,000 children and 5,000 pregnant women vaccinated on the first day, the health ministry said on Tuesday.
‘States Have Started Implementing IMI 3.0 For Kids, Pregnant Women Not Immunised In Routine Drive'

The campaign aims to accelerate the full immunisation of children and pregnant women in the country and the first phase has been rolled out from Monday for 15 days, the ministry said.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan launched the campaign on February 19 and urged the states and district functionaries to reach each and every child and attain maximum full immunisation coverage. The campaign has exemplified ownership of the immunisation programme by the topmost leadership at the state level also.

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