Published October 16,2024
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The World Health Organization (WHO) consultant in Lebanon on Wednesday warned that the chance of cholera unfold is “very high” in Lebanon as a result of new displacements.
Abdul Nasir Abubakar‘s remarks got here after Lebanon’s Health Ministry confirmed the primary cholera case in northern Lebanon, the place Israel continues its air and floor assaults regardless of worldwide outcry and requires a cease-fire.
Abubakar advised a briefing in Geneva that the confirmed case was reported in an space the place the inhabitants was not been vaccinated.
With the arrival of people that had been displaced by the battle to the north, he stated the chance of transmission is “very high” as these folks from the south of Beirut had no cholera immunity for the final many years.
He stated the WHO is working carefully with the Health Ministry and different companions to scale up the water and sanitation within the high-risk areas.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus advised the identical briefing that the company has activated the cholera preparedness and response plan to strengthen surveillance and call tracing, together with environmental surveillance and water sampling within the nation.
Tedros pressured that an oral cholera vaccination marketing campaign concentrating on 350,000 folks dwelling in high-risk areas had been launched by the Health Ministry. However, he lamented that the escalation in violence interrupted the marketing campaign.
He stated for the reason that escalation of hostilities, the WHO has verified 23 assaults on well being care which have led to 72 deaths and 43 accidents amongst well being staff and sufferers in Lebanon.
Source: www.anews.com.tr