DHAKA, Jan 27 (NNN-BSS) – More than one million people in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka will receive the oral cholera vaccine next month.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), under the country’s Ministry of Health Affairs, made the announcement on Sunday, at a press briefing in Dhaka.
“Some 1.2 million people in Dhaka will get two doses of cholera vaccine from Feb 15,” said Sania Tahmina, of the DGHS.
She said, children aged above one year old will get the vaccine free of cost.
The vaccine will make the children immune to the virus for the next three years, she added.
Despite implementation of various programmes, for eradication of cholera, Tahmina said, around 100,000 people are affected by the disease every year, in the country.– NNN-BSS
