The Ministry of Health and Child Care is continuing to institute control measures to curb the outbreak, Information, Publicity, and Broadcasting Services Minister Jenfan Muswere said during a post-cabinet media briefing.
Last week, the country started an oral cholera vaccination campaign targeting hotspot areas throughout the country.
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Muswere said in the next 12 weeks, the government's anti-cholera efforts will focus on vaccination in hotspots, procurement of cholera response medicines, supplies, and commodities, and mobilisation of additional funding to support the cholera response at national and sub-national levels.
(With UNI/Xinhua inputs)