After Syria, Lebanon also faces first cholera outbreak in years
Damascus has recorded 39 deaths from cholera and nearly 600 cases; Beirut looking at several suspected cases
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Damascus has recorded 39 deaths from cholera and nearly 600 cases; Beirut looking at several suspected cases
Case is from rural northern province of Akkar; infected person is Syrian national
Lebanon’s health minister has said the authorities are inspecting new suspected cases of cholera, less than a day after confirming its first case of the illness in the country since 1993
Lebanon reported its first case of cholera since 1993, Health Minister Firas Abiad said Thursday. The case, recorded Wednesday, was from the rural northern province of Akkar, Abiad said, adding the infected person was a Syrian national who was receiving treatment. Akkar province borders Syria, where a cholera outbreak has infected more than 10,000 people…
The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health issued a statement announcing the first recorded case of cholera on October 5, in Lebanon in the Akkar Governorate, the first since 1993.