Lebanon receives 900,000 additional doses of cholera vaccine


By Eblt
  • World
  • Friday, 16 Dec 2022

BEIRUT, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon on Thursday received more than 900,000 doses of the cholera vaccine from the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Coordination Group (ICG), the United Nations Information Center in Beirut said in a statement.

The vaccines, funded by the UN Central Emergency Response Fund and the WHO-affiliate Contingency Fund for Emergencies, will be used in the second phase of Lebanon's cholera vaccination campaign.

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