The organization pointed out that the risk of cholera spreading among the 100,000 people who have been displaced has increased Israel Its military air campaign against Hezbollah began ground operations in South Lebanon.
A representative said Global Health Organization In Lebanon, Abdel Nasser Abu Bakr: “If the cholera outbreak reaches… the newly displaced people, its spread may be rapid.”
Abu Bakr added during a video press conference that the United Nations organization had warned months ago that the disease might reappear in light of the “deteriorating water and hygiene situation” among the displaced and their host communities.
Although the displaced people were vaccinated in… North Lebanon Recently, Abu Bakr warned that groups of displaced people moving from southern Lebanon and the Beirut area have not acquired any immunity to cholera in three decades.
The first case of cholera infection
And it reported Lebanese Ministry of Health Confirming a possible case of cholera in a Lebanese citizen who went to the hospital on Monday suffering from severe diarrhea and dehydration.
The ministry added that the patient is from the town of Samouniya in northern Lebanon, and she has no travel history.
Lebanon witnessed its first cholera outbreak in 30 years between 2022 and 2023, especially in the north of the country.
Cholera is an acute infection that causes diarrhea and results from eating food or drinking water contaminated with Vibrio bacteria CholeraAccording to the World Health Organization.
The number of displaced people had begun to rise even before the escalation last month, when it was Hezbollah Fire has been exchanged across the border with Israel since the outbreak of war between the Hebrew state and Hamas in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.
