TANAHUN, July 4: Tanahun has been declared a fully vaccination-assured district. Earlier, all 10 municipalities of the district were declared fully vaccinated municipalities. At a program organized by the Health Office on Tuesday, it was said all children below 15 months of age had been vaccinated as per the schedule of the National Immunization Program.

Chief of the Health Office, Bidya Tamang, said the data of all the children who had missed the vaccination was collected and immunization services provided. On the occasion, chief of the District Coordination Committee and Coordinator of District Level Vaccination Coordination Committee Shanti Raman Wagle stressed the need for sustainability of vaccination.

Immunization officer at the Health Office, Shankar Babu Adhikari informed RSS that children of 85 wards of all the 10 municipalities of the district have been assured with full vaccination service. Health Section chief at Byas Municipality, Pramod Soti said 2,818 children aged between 16 months and five years have been brought within the reach of all the vaccines. Similarly, 1,011 children up to 15 months have also been vaccinated.