Over 2m receive cholera vaccine in Dhaka

A total of 2,365,585 people in five areas of Dhaka were given the first dose of the cholera vaccine, says International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDRB) on Monday.

The oral vaccination drive was conducted in Dakshinkhan, Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Sabujbagh, and Jatrabari areas between 26 June and 2 July.

Of the areas, the highest 640,032 vaccines were fed in Mirpur. The second dose will be given after 14 days.

It is known that fifty per cent of the patients who were admitted to the ICDDRB hospital came from these five areas. A target was set to vaccinate three million people in these areas in seven days.