There Is A Spike In The Cholera Outbreak And Death Improvement, WHO Officials: We Don't Have More Vaccines

Ordination oral vaccine. (Wikimedia Commons/Dvermeire)

JAKARTA - The global stock ofaware vaccines managed by the World Health Organization (WHO) is "currently empty or very low", an official said on Friday amid a worldwide spike in the disease.

The United Nations health agency says the global death rate is increasing and there are about 30 countries worldwide that have reported an endowment outbreak this year, about a third higher than the annual figure.

"We don't have any more vaccines. More countries continue to ask for (they) and this is very challenging," said WHO Team Leader for Colletry and Epidemic Disease Dr. Philippe Barboza.

He referred to the emergency stockpile owned by the International Coordinating Group on vaccine supply managed by WHO and other partners. Usually, they have about 36 million doses available a year. The vaccine shortage has prompted WHO to temporarily suspend its standard two-dose vaccination strategy in October.

Barboza said some of the crisis was caused by the Indian manufacturer's decision to stop exports, without providing details. He said South African manufacturers plan to start production but it will take "several years".

"It may be much more unattractive to developEL vaccines, so basically vaccines for poor countries, rather than developing COVID vaccines with much higher income," he said.

It is known, Kolera is distributed by contaminated food or water and can cause acute diarrhea. Many people have mild symptoms, but can kill within a few hours if not treated.

"Unacceptable in the 21st century there are people who died from a very famous disease and very easy to treat," added Barboza.

Among countries with outbreaks are those affected by poverty and conflicts like Haiti and Yemen, but the disease has also been reported in countries such as Lebanon which to date are middle-income countries, saying this should be a "building" call for other countries.