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200,000 doses of cholera vaccine from Sweden

STOCKHOLM, (AFP) - Sweden said Monday that it was rushing its stockpile of 200,000 doses of vaccine to prevent cholera to India and Sri Lanka amid fears of an outbreak of disease among survivors of the devastating tidal waves.

Sweden alone in the world possesses a stockpile of Dukoral, a drinkable anti-cholera vaccine, sufficient to treat 200,000 people, said the aid and development ministry.The vaccines, which were requested by the UN's World Health Organisation (WHO), should reach the affected areas of India and Sri Lanka within 10 days. The December 26 quake and the tsunamis it triggered killed 150,000 people and left millions in need.

WHO officials have expressed concern that outbreaks of infectious diseases could kill as many as died directly from the quake and tidal waves. Cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by bacteria in contaminated water or food.

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