2.5 lakh pregnant women in Maharashtra immunised against three types of influenza in last 5 years
(WorldNews India)

A review of influenza vaccinations in high-risk groups across Maharashtra shows that as many as 2.5 lakh pregnant women, 49,424 persons with hypertension and diabetes and 41,512 health care workers were immunised in the state against three types of influenza (swine flu-H1N1, H3N2 and Influenza B) in the last five years. In 2015, a state level taskforce – Maharashtra Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control Technical Committee – was set up to deal with communicable diseases, with a special focus on influenza. The committee, after analysing influenza mortality data, recommended the state government start free and voluntary influenza vaccination for high-risk groups of pregnant women,...