Ramanathapuram, June 28 -- A special National Polio Immunisation Camp was organised across Tamil Nadu's Ramanathapuram district on Sunday, with the administration aiming to give polio drops to over 86,000 children through more than 1,500 vaccination centres.

Ramanathapuram District Revenue Officer Sankaranarayanan inaugurated the special camp at the Ramanathapuram Urban Primary Health Centre by administering polio drops to children.

"The special camp was organised with the objective of protecting children from polio. A total of 4,000 workers were deployed at 1,515 centres across Ramanathapuram district, with a target of administering polio drops to 86,491 children," officials said.

The special campaign witnessed a large turnout of pare...