During his visit to the Al-Qubba Government Hospital, Al-Abyad said that water contamination is one of the core causes of injuries due to no access to clean water sources, and sometimes its unreliable use in agriculture leads to cholera infection.

Al-Abyad reiterated his Ministry agreed upon the need to test water from tank filling centers and well owners; as well as in several public and private schools, Al Mayadeen pan-Arab channel reported.

Plus, the minister noted the emergency of implementing vaccines for treating infected people and of increasing thye number of nurses and doctors to serve in hospitals.

According to the National News Agency, Al-Abyad said current crisis was caused by decades of neglection, and that the lack of security of basic services for these areas currently complicates the Ministry of Public Health’s response to the epidemic.

On Frdiay, Al-Abyad reported his country received a promise to start the immunization campaign against cholera in 10-days time.

Lebanon has so far reached a total of 227 infected people and seven dead, with outbreak present in 29 regions in the northern Akkar, Minieh Dannieh and Tripoli; in the northeast of Bekka.

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