India, Oct. 12 -- The state government has immunised a total of 4,44,606 children for Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination during its special immunisation campaign launched last month.

The special MR vaccination campaign was conducted across all aided and unaided ashram schools between September 15 and 30. The mop-up round for MR immunisation was conducted between October 1 and October 10.

According to official data provided by the public health department, the highest number of children, 54,656, were vaccinated in Nashik district, followed by 52,293 in Nandurbar and 33,732 in Palghar, respectively. Besides, 8,472 children were vaccinated in Pune district, which includes 549 children from Pimpri-Chinchwad and 251 children from Pune city.

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