First indigenously developed and manufactured vaccine launched against Rotavirus on 9thMarch 2015
Q. Against which virus PM Narendra Modi has launched the first indigenously developed and manufactured vaccine on 9th Mar’15?- Published on 28 Mar 15a. Swineflu
b. H1N1
c. Rotavirus
d. HIV
ANSWER: Rotavirus
The Rotavirus vaccine will boost efforts to combat infant mortality due to Diarrhoea. Each year, Diarrhoea caused by rotavirus causes 10 lakh hospitalizations and kills nearly 80 thousand children under the age of 5 years.
