Nigeria, Feb. 12 -- The Kwara State Government has begun the second round of routine immunisation, an exercise the government said would involve 238,000 children across the state.

The Kwara State Primary Healthcare Development Agency is conducting the programme in collaboration with development partners.

She added that it comprised the second round of the Big Catch-up vaccination campaigns planned for Ifelodun, Baruten and Ilorin East local government areas, while the local Immunisation Plus Days would be implemented in the remaining 13 LGAs from 11 to 16 February.

She said the exercises were being implemented to ramp up immunisation coverage, rapidly decrease the number of zero-dose and partially immunised children, and increase popul...