No fewer that over two million people in Nigeria, Zambia, Uganda, Malawi and South Sudan are set to receive over 3,340,900 million doses of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) to prevent and contain the disease outbreak in Africa during the rainy season.

The Borno State Health Commissioner, Dr. Haruna Mshelia, has declared that the new cholera vaccine has 80 per cent efficacy, when administered on people and can prevent water borne diseases that claimed 48 lives in the state.

Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, in an online interview with The Guardian yesterday, said the centre has also issued guideline on how people can protect themselves against the deadly food and water borne disease.