JE vaccine supply to UP loses potency

  • 15/09/2008

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)

LUCKNOW, SEPTEMBER 14 After an inspection, experts have found that a large number of vaccine vial monitors (VVM, which is the potency indicator) on Japanese Encephalitis vaccine stored at the Government Medical Store Depot (GMSD), Karnal in Haryana, have reached stage 2 of exposure to heat. The implication is that the vaccine