Over 1.70 lakh children up to the age of five in Villupuram district were administered polio drops during the intensive pulse polio immunisation drive on Sunday. A total of 1,651 booths were set up across the district for the campaign.
Villupuram Collector D. Mohan inaugurated the drive at the bus terminus in Vikravandi. The health department will conduct house-to-house visits on Monday and Tuesday, and administer drops to children who were left out.
In Kallakurichi district, polio drops were dispatched to respective centres to start immunisation programme at 7 a.m. Over 1.30 lakh children were administered drops at 1,050 booths set up across the district.
