Lebanon totals 560 cholera cases and over 3,000 suspected cases

Beirut, Nov 16 (Prensa Latina) After five weeks in which the first cholera case was reported, Lebanon has a sum of 560 infecteds, 19 deaths, and 3,563 suspects, in a new outbreak of the disease since 1993.

November 16, 2022
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According to the Ministry of Public Health, more than 120 localities across the country have reported at least one infection, with outbreaks in the northern region of Akkar.

The number of people vaccinated in the country rose to 89,941 since immunization started on Saturday in the most vulnerable communities to the spread of cholera.

Lebanon received nearly 600,000 doses of vaccines through the International Coordination Group of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the support of nations such as France and Egypt.

The immunization campaign will last three weeks to reach 70 percent of the people most prone to contagions, including Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian refugees and migrants.

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