Summary:
In neighbouring Thoothukudi district, District Collector M.
Ravikumar inaugurated the camp at Mudivaithanenthal in the district on Friday. The Collector appealed to the parents to ignore the rumours being spread by mischievous elements about the measles-rubella vaccine being administered to school children. Inaugurating the de-worming special camp at Corporation Middle School at Vannarpet in Palayamkottai on Friday, Collector M.
Karunakaran said the special camp to administer the de-worming tablet to the children was being organised with the objective of protecting them from anaemia. In Tirunelveli district, 8,62,823 children (between the age of 1 and 19) would be covered during the de-worming exercise. The special camp is being conducted in all schools, anganvadis and primary health centres across the district to administer de-worming tablets to the children in the age group of 1 and 19 years..