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Reda added, in a statement, that he believed the outbreak of the disease was linked to the irrigation of crops using contaminated water and drinking unsafe water from the Euphrates River, which divides Syria from north to east.
Many residents rely Syria On unsafe water sources due to the extensive destruction of the water resource infrastructure due to the war that has been going on for more than a decade.
Richard Brennan, Regional Emergency Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, said: World Health OrganizationThe organization has recorded eight deaths from the disease since August 25, including six cases in Aleppo in the north and two in Deir ez-Zor in the east.
Archyde.com quoted Brennan as saying: "This is the first confirmed cholera outbreak in recent years (…Geographical spread is worrying, so we need to act fast".
and saw tenderness Al-Hasakah andHama Latakia has fewer suspected cases.
The number of cases cholera The confirmed cases are 20 in Aleppo, four in Lattakia and two in Damascus.
The World Health Organization said that before the recent outbreak of cholera, the water crisis caused an increase in diseases such as diarrhea malnutrition and skin diseases in the region.
Brennan added: "We need more capacity for follow-up and testing…Efforts are underway to truck clean water to the worst affected communities".
Cholera is often caused by eating food or polluted watercause diarrhea and vomiting.
It usually appears in residential areas that suffer from a scarcity or lack of drinking water sewage networks.
The disease affects between 1.3 million and four million people annually in the world, and leads to the death of between 21 thousand and 143 thousand people.
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Reda added, in a statement, that he believed the outbreak of the disease was linked to the irrigation of crops using contaminated water and drinking unsafe water from the Euphrates River, which divides Syria from north to east.
Many residents rely Syria On unsafe water sources due to the extensive destruction of the water resource infrastructure due to the war that has been going on for more than a decade.
Richard Brennan, Regional Emergency Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, said: World Health OrganizationThe organization has recorded eight deaths from the disease since August 25, including six cases in Aleppo in the north and two in Deir ez-Zor in the east.
“This is the first confirmed cholera outbreak in recent years,” Brennan was quoted as saying by Archyde.com. “…the geographic spread is concerning, so we have to act quickly.”
and saw tenderness Al-Hasakah andHama Latakia has fewer suspected cases.
The number of cases cholera The confirmed cases are 20 in Aleppo, four in Lattakia and two in Damascus.
The World Health Organization said that before the recent outbreak of cholera, the water crisis caused an increase in diseases such as diarrhea malnutrition and skin diseases in the region.
“We need to increase the capacity for follow-up and testing…Efforts are underway to truck clean water to the most affected communities,” Brennan added.
Cholera is often caused by eating food or polluted watercause diarrhea and vomiting.
It usually appears in residential areas that suffer from a scarcity or lack of drinking water sewage networks.
The disease affects between 1.3 million and four million people annually in the world, and leads to the death of between 21 thousand and 143 thousand people.
