Mysuru, Aug.30 (RKB&NNN)- Rotavirus is the leading cause of diarrhoea in children below five years and while nine per cent of children below this age die in the world, in India it is 10 per cent, said MLA S.A. Ramdas.
He was speaking after administering Rotavirus vaccine to infants six weeks, ten weeks and fourteen weeks old at the Primary Health Centre near Kurubarahalli Circle on Chamundi Hill Road here yesterday as part of the Rotavirus immunisation drive throughout the country and said that this scheme fits in with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to have a Future India with fit children.
