Mass-vaccination campaign for Mozambique as cholera begins to spread following cyclone

Relief organisations have launched a vaccination campaign in Mozambique following a cyclone which sparked an outbreak of cholera.

International relief agencies and the health ministry launched the campaign in the central city of Beira to vaccinate more than 900 000 people against the disease which has killed two people and infected over 1700.

Cyclone Idai hit the coast of Mozambique on the 15th of March, with 598 in the country killed as a result as of Wednesday.