GENEVA (Reuters) – A World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday that a request will be made to supply Haiti with oral cholera vaccines after a surprise return of the disease to a country paralysed by a gang blockade.
“A request is being prepared to be submitted to the international coordination group for the procurement of oral vaccination,” Christian Lindmeier told a Geneva press briefing.
WHO maintains an emergency stockpile of cholera vaccines. Cholera cases are surging globally and there will not be enough vaccines to cover the growing number of cases, a WHO official said last week.
(Reporting by Emma Farge, editing by Rachel More)
