The forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, who took shelter in the country's Cox's Bazar and Teknaf, will be fed oral cholera vaccines from today, fearing an outbreak of the disease, said Health Minister Mohammed Nasim yesterday.

“We found diarrhoea and dysentery patients among the Rohingyas. So, we can't rule out the odds of cholera outbreak. For this, we decided to vaccinate nine lakh people,” Nasim told a press briefing at his ministry.

The vaccines will be given in two phases, he said.

In the first phase, 6.5 lakh Rohingyas will be given vaccines from October 10 to 15; in the second phase, 2.5 lakh will be vaccinated between October 31 and November 5, he said, adding that after six months, booster doses will be given to them.