UN plans to deliver cholera vaccines to Yemen likely to be shelved

Plans to ship as many as one million doses of cholera vaccine to Yemen are likely to be shelved over security, access and logistical challenges, UN officials said.

UN plans to deliver cholera vaccines to Yemen likely to be shelved

Plans to ship as many as one million doses of cholera vaccine to Yemen are likely to be shelved over security, access and logistical challenges, UN officials said.

The UN aid co-ordination agency said Yemen's suspected cholera caseload has surged past 313,000 and caused over 1,700 deaths, making it the world's largest outbreak.

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