WHO Plans Cholera Vaccination Drive In Kinshasa After Disease Infects 18K, Kills More Than 500 In DRC This Year

Agence France-Presse: Cholera kills 517 in DR Congo, jab drive planned: WHO
“A cholera epidemic has killed more than 500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said Friday, as it prepared to launch a vaccination campaign in Kinshasa. The United Nations health agency voiced deep concern over the outbreak that has infected some 18,000 people, including 517 who have died, since the beginning of the year…” (9/2).

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