CM kicks off polio awareness campaign

January 02, 2018 09:59 pm | Updated 09:59 pm IST - Puducherry

Health matters: Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy administering polio drops to a child at the inauguration of an awareness campaign in Puducherry on Tuesday.

Health matters: Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy administering polio drops to a child at the inauguration of an awareness campaign in Puducherry on Tuesday.

Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy on Tuesday launched the poster for the month-long awareness campaign on polio immunisation drive. The Directorate of Health and Family Welfare is organising the awareness campaign for the polio immunisation drive to be held between January 28 and March 3.

Mr. Narayanasamy administered polio drops to children on the Assembly premises. Raj Bhavan MLA K. Lakshminarayanan, Director of Health and Family Welfare K.V. Raman participated.

Nearly 450 camps would be set up across Puducherry for the immunisation drive.

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