AGARTALA, March 21 (TIWN): A workshop was held at Pragna Bhawan on Rota Virus vaccination in the presence of Health Officials.

Eight to ten lakh children are admitted in hospitals across the country due to rotavirus infection every year and one lakh of them die of the disease.

The disease can be checked only by administering vaccines, he said launching the second phase of the rotavirus vaccine programme here for the states of Tripura, Assam, Tamilnadu, Rajasthan and Madhyapradesh.

During the workshop it was said that immunization programme for children is a priority in the country and last year there was an increase of five per cent in immunization programme.