Angola: Over 900,000 People to Be Vaccinated Against Cholera

Cacuaco — Some 930,532 people, from the provinces of Luanda, Bengo and Icolo and Bengo, are expected to be vaccinated against cholera as from Monday to prevent future cases of the disease.

The campaign, which is scheduled to end on Tuesday, February 4, was launched in the municipality of Cacuaco, the epicenter of the outbreak, by the Minister of Health, Sílvia Lutucuta, and aims to vaccinate 80 percent of people, from one year of age, with a single dose of the oral vaccine Eurovisol.

During the…