Registering the first case of cholera in Lebanon… and the World Health Organization “warns”

Israel His military air campaign against Hezbollah began ground operations there South Lebanon.

A representative said World Health Organization In Lebanon, Abdel Nasser Abu Bakr: “If the cholera outbreak… reaches the newly displaced people, it may be fast.” “

Abu Bakr said in a video press conference that the United Nations agency had warned months ago that the disease could re-emerge due to the “deteriorating water and sanitation situation” among the waterfall communities. creative and their host communities.

Although the people who were transferred received the vaccine in… Northern Lebanon Recently, Abu Bakr warned that groups of displaced people moving from southern Lebanon and the Beirut area have not received any immunity from cholera in three decades.

The first case of cholera

and benefits Lebanese Ministry of Health Confirming a possible case of cholera in a Lebanese citizen who went to the hospital on Monday suffering from severe diarrhea and dehydration.

The ministry said that the patient is from the town of Samouniya in northern Lebanon, and that she has no travel history.

Lebanon saw its first cholera outbreak in 30 years between 2022 and 2023, especially in the north of the country.

Cholera is a serious disease that causes diarrhea and is caused by eating food or drinking water contaminated with Vibrio bacteria CholeraAccording to the World Health Organization.

The number of displaced people had started to rise even before the increase last month, when Hezbollah There has been fire across the border with Israel since the start of war between the Israeli state and Hamas in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

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The group pointed to the risk of cholera spreading among the 100,000 people who have been displaced since the outbreak began. Israel His military air campaign against Hezbollah began ground operations there South Lebanon.

A representative said World Health Organization In Lebanon, Abdel Nasser Abu Bakr: “If the cholera outbreak… reaches the newly displaced people, it may be fast.” “

Abu Bakr said in a video press conference that the United Nations agency had warned months ago that the disease could re-emerge due to the “deteriorating water and sanitation situation” among the waterfall communities. creative and their host communities.

Although the displaced people received the vaccine in… Northern Lebanon Recently, Abu Bakr warned that groups of displaced people moving from southern Lebanon and the Beirut area have not received any immunity from cholera in three decades.

The first case of cholera

and benefits Lebanese Ministry of Health Confirming a possible case of cholera in a Lebanese citizen who went to the hospital on Monday suffering from severe diarrhea and dehydration.

The ministry said that the patient is from the town of Samouniya in northern Lebanon, and that she has no travel history.

Lebanon saw its first cholera outbreak in 30 years between 2022 and 2023, especially in the north of the country.

Cholera is a serious disease that causes diarrhea and is caused by eating food or drinking water contaminated with Vibrio bacteria CholeraAccording to the World Health Organization.

The number of displaced people had started to rise even before the increase last month, when Hezbollah There has been fire across the border with Israel since the start of war between the Israeli state and Hamas in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.