YANGON, Sept 20 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar received 2.45 million doses of oral cholera vaccines from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the state-run daily, Myanma Alinn, reported, today.
The vaccines, valued at 4.05 million U.S. dollars, arrived at Yangon International Airport in two batches on Tuesday and yesterday, the report said.
Officials from Yangon Region’s Department of Public Health received the vaccines at the airport, and transported them to the central cold storage facility in Yangon.
The vaccines will be administered to people in the respective age groups, in the townships where cholera outbreaks have occurred, the report stated.
According to the Ministry of Health, between Jul 5 and Sept 5 this year, two people have died, and over 600 others have been hospitalised with severe diarrhea in Hlaingthaya township of Yangon region.– NNN-MNA
