Only 5 per cent of the children eligible for the outbreak response immunisation (ORI) dose of measles and rubella vaccine have received it over the past three days. In view of the measles outbreak in the city, the BMC started the process of administering the ORI dose on Thursday following the central government’s instructions. Civic officials said that the vaccination process will gather steam in the coming days. 

As per BMC’s health department, 1,88,013 children aged 9 months to 5 years were found eligible for the dose while the number stood at 3,569 for children aged between 6 and 9 months.