HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says over 1.4 million people in cholera hotspots have been vaccinated since the launch of the vaccination programme last week, assuring that the vaccines are safe. And Masebo says government is still looking for more vaccines as it only received 1.7 million from the 2 million it requested from the World Health Organisation. Speaking when the Indian High Commissioner and the Japanese Ambassador to Zambia paid a courtesy call on her, Tuesday, Masebo insisted that some people were refusing to get vaccinated. “We continue making steady progress in protecting our people in the administration of oral cholera vaccines. For the past seven days now since we launched the vaccination programme, we have vaccinated a cumulative 1,...

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