The next threat to Israel from Syria is not missiles at all
"A serious threat to the region", is how the UN defined the spread of the cholera epidemic in Syria. So what is happening in the neighboring country - and should we be afraid?
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09/19/2022
Monday, September 19, 2022, 10:00 a.m. Updated: 11:12 a.m.
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Cholera in Yemen (photo: Reuters, editing: Tal Reznik)
The United Nations has expressed concern about the first cholera outbreak in Syria in years, saying the disease poses a "serious threat" to the entire region. More than 900 suspected cases and eight deaths have been reported in the war-torn country in the past three weeks. The outbreak was concentrated in the provinces of Aleppo and Deir al-Zor According
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official sources, the cholera was caused by drinking contaminated water from the Euphrates River, which flows through the districts, and using it in crops. The outbreak is also seen as an indicator of the severe water shortage throughout Syria caused by climate change and multiple conflicts in recent years. Rising temperatures, below-average rainfall and reduced flow from neighboring Turkey. resulted in critically low levels in the Euphrates. This, combined with widespread damage to supply and sewage infrastructure, left many of the 5 million Syrians who depend on the river for drinking water and crop irrigation dependent on unsafe water sources. It also caused an increase in dangerous water-borne diseases such as cholera.
Syria's health ministry said last week that 20 cases of cholera, including two deaths, had been confirmed by laboratories in northern Aleppo province, state news agency SANA reported.
He added that four more cases were confirmed in the coastal province of Latakia as well as two in the capital Damascus among patients from Aleppo.
However, the UN warned that surveillance data showed a total of 936 acute diarrheal cases, including at least eight related deaths, had been recorded across Syria since August 25. More than 670 of those suspected cases and six of the deaths were in Aleppo, while 201 cases And two deaths were in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor.
"The outbreak poses a serious threat to people in Syria and the region."
Cholera patient (Photo: AP)
"The outbreak poses a serious threat to people in Syria and the region," warned the UN's humanitarian coordinator in Syria, Imran Riza. "Quick and urgent action is needed to prevent further illness and death," he added, appealing to donor countries for urgent additional funding.
The UN said that tests Speed diagnostics, intravenous fluids and antiseptic salts were delivered to health facilities in affected communities and other high-risk areas, such as displaced persons camps.
Clean water is also transported by trucks to the area.
Cholera is an acute infection caused by ingesting food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholera.
In severe cases, the disease can kill within hours if not treated.
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