Gabriel Buom Tap, UNICEF’s Immunisation Officer, explained that the vaccine requires two doses. However, even a single dose can provide immunity within two weeks, offering protection for up to six months. The second dose extends this protection to as much as three years.
The cholera outbreak, which was first declared in October in a border town between Sudan and South Sudan, has now spread across six of the country’s ten states. The most vulnerable populations include those displaced by flooding and refugees from Sudan.
