Zambia is
set to receive 1.6 million doses of cholera vaccines on Monday as the country
suffers one of its worst outbreaks.
More than 350 deaths and 9,000 infections have been recorded
since the outbreak started October last year.
The vaccines have been secured by Zambia's government in
collaboration with the World Health Organization and UN's children agency,
Unicef. The vaccines will be officially received by the health ministry after
arriving to the country late on Sunday. The outbreak has so far spread to nine
out of Zambia's 10 provinces.
Zambia has undertaken several measures to curb the ongoing
outbreak, including delaying school reopening and limiting attendance at
cholera victims' funerals to five people.
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