Luanda, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) The 7th stage of the vaccination campaign against the yellow fever in Angola was started today by the Ministry of Health, which expects to increase the total from 18 million to 22 million immunized people.
Some 90 teams will work in 33 municipalities of the 14 provinces, in territories that were not covered by previous campaigns, seeking to halt the outbreak triggered in December 2015 and controlled last year that left 381 fatalities.
The plan includes the vaccination of 2,702,190 people from the provinces of Bengo, Bie, Cunene, Cuando Cubango, Huambo, Huila, North Lunda, South Lunda, Moxico, Uige, Namibe, Malanje, North Cuanza and South Cuanza, said a communique issued by those in charge of the department of Communication and Media of the Health Ministry.
Thus, Angola will increase municipalities immunized from 88 to 118, out of 173 ones.
The goal is to immunize 26 people, which represent the total population over 16 years old.
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