Ludhiana, June 29 -- According to the health officials, more than 1 lakh children below the age of five were administered oral polio vaccine across Ludhiana district on Sunday as the National Pulse Polio immunisation campaign begins.

The campaign was inaugurated at civil hospital by civil surgeon Dr Ramandeep Kaur and district immunisation officer Dr Harpreet Singh, who administered the first doses to children.

According to the health department, 1,01,571 children received the life-saving polio drops at booths across the district on the opening day of the campaign.

Dr Kaur said the department's priority is to ensure that every child below five years receives the oral polio vaccine, irrespective of whether the child has already been vac...