Deworming campaign launched in Cuddalore

Collector Sibi Adhithya Senthil Kumar on Monday launched the National Deworming Day campaign, which distributes Albendazole tablets to 9.25 lakh children and women, excluding pregnant and lactating women, in Cuddalore. It will cover 7,01,617 children aged 1 to 19 and 2,23,660 women aged 20 to 30. The tablets were distributed through schools and colleges, anganwadi centres, health sub-centres and primary health centres across the district.