Shantha, which was recently acquired by Sanofi Pasteur the vaccines division of the Sanofi-Aventis Group -- on Monday, launched Shanchol, the country’s first oral vaccine to protect individuals older than two years against cholera.

Another 14 cases of cholera were reported from Bholakpur on Sunday. With this, the number of cholera cases have gone up to 26 in the area.Authorities of the Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Tropical and Diseases (Fever Hospital) detected 16 cholera cases, including 14 from Bholakpur.