The National Meningococcal Immunisation Program which is currently being rolled out in the Western and Northern Divisions will start in the Eastern Division next week.
An immunisation team comprising of health officials will leave for the Eastern Division through the recently launched and first of its kind mobile hospital vessel “MLC Veivueti” tomorrow.
Over 100,000 people aged between 1 to 19 years have been vaccinated.
In the phase one 124,830 doses were made available and a total of 124,920 children have been immunised in the Central and Ra Subdivision.
Through the second phase of the program with 200,000 doses made available more than 94,000 children in the western and eastern divisions have been immunised.
While Eastern coverage will see an expected 20,000 number of children aged between 1 to 19 years being immunised with the beginning of the 3rd school term next week.
There have been 12 deaths linked to meningococcal recorded from 2016 to now.
