The press office of the Ministry of Public Health announced the results of the first day of the first phase of the national plan for vaccination against cholera on Saturday evening.
In a statement, it indicated that “26,276 people have received the vaccine in targeted areas in four governorates, six districts, nineteen cities and the Nahr Al-Bared camp for displaced Syrians, through 139 field teams of Lebanese Red Cross partners.” , the Medair association, Médecins Sans Frontières and the Amel Foundation.”
The statement added: “The Minister of Health, Firas Al-Abyadh, expressed his satisfaction with the turnout to take the vaccine, which helps to achieve community protection and immunity, commending the efforts of the teams of immunization in the field and emphasizing that what was achieved on this first day is a motivation to move forward with the national campaign to immunize more than seventy in the country.” percent of the population of the areas most vulnerable to the epidemic.
