The Lebanese Ministry of Health confirmed the registration of the first death due to cholera with the large number of injuries after it expanded to Syria and a number of civilians were murdered.
In view of the deterioration of the sewage and infrastructure network three years after the commencement of the extraordinary economic crisis, Lebanon reported 26 cholera injuries this month.
“What unites these cases is that the bulk of them are Syrian refugees,” Health Minister Firas Al-Abyad remarked.
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“The absence of essential utilities, such as clean water or water drainage, in the refugee gathering areas acts as a fertile environment for the epidemic to grow in Lebanon,” he continued.
According to the official news agency SANA, there were over 700 injuries and 41 cholera-related deaths in Syria.
The United Nations, on the other hand, issued a warning earlier this month that the sickness was “becoming into a danger
Cholera typically spreads through tainted food or water and causes vomiting and diarrhoea.
It can spread in residential areas without suitable sewage systems or access to water.
Cholera can lead to death within hours if left without treatment, according to the World Health Organization, but many people do not show symptoms of infection or have mild symptoms.
The disease can be treated easily through a oral dehydration solution, but the most serious conditions may require giving the patient intravenous fluids and antibiotics, according to the World Health Organization.
Every year, the illness affects between 1. 3 million and 4 million people worldwide, and it causes between 21,000 and 143,000 deaths.
A cholera death is first reported in Lebanon.
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