Zambia to undertake oral cholera vaccination in capital after fresh outbreak

LUSAKA, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Zambia will start the distribution of the oral cholera vaccine in designated hotspot regions of Lusaka, the capital, to curb an ongoing outbreak, health authorities announced on Tuesday.

Ministry of Health's Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Kennedy Lishimpi said that the exercise will start this week in hotspot areas to stop the spread of the waterborne illness in response t