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Myanmar gets 2.45 million doses of oral cholera vaccines from WHO

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-09-20 16:22
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YANGON -- Myanmar has received 2.45 million doses of oral cholera vaccines from the World Health Organization (WHO), the state-run daily The Myanma Alinn reported on Friday.

The vaccines, valued at 4.05 million US dollars, arrived at Yangon International Airport in two batches on Tuesday and Thursday, 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 July 5 and Sept 5 this year, two people have died, and over 600 others have been hospitalized with severe diarrhea in Hlaingthaya township of Yangon region.

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