The health ministry on Saturday launched the rotavirus vaccine as part of its universal immunisationprogramme to prevent diarrhoeal deaths due to the virus which claims lives of nearly one lakh children every year. Health minister J P Nadda called it a "historic" moment and "exemplary" step in India's immunisationprogramme and an essential investment in children, the future of the country.

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