February 2022: Zambia begins OCV campaign in Lusaka

Zambia began an oral cholera vaccination campaign on February 14, aiming to vaccinate 1,038,000 people ages 1 and older in its capital, Lusaka. The drive follows up vaccination campaigns conducted in seven of the 11 cholera-prone districts in the country. The Zambian minister of health said the campaign’s overall objective was to vaccinate 85% of people in the cholera-prone districts. CGTN