Hospitals in The Syrian capital has been laid on Post alert more More than twenty cases of Cholera and at least five deaths in Health officials said Monday that the war-torn country.
The main cause of It looks like the spread people Drinking contaminated water as well as watering plants in Some areas with Unclean water.
Infrastructure in Syria has been severely damaged since the start of the conflict in the country in March 2011 where the population of Some areas do not have access to clean the water. The conflict killed hundreds of Thousands and homeless half Before the war in the country population of 23 million, many of live by them in Tent settlements all over the country.
World Health Organization (WHO) office in Damascus did not have an instant comment.
condition news SANA news agency quoted him as saying: head of Ministry of Health in Damascus, Muhammad Samer Shahrour said that the ministry is coordinating with sections in All provinces test Water as well as some fruits and vegetables. he is added those hospitals in government portable parts of The country has medicines to deal with cholera cases.
In areas controlled by US-backed fighters in Northeast Syria head of Health Department in The region, Joan Mustafa, reported three deaths and several other cases over weekend.
Mustafa added in statement that most of cases in controlled areas of self management of North and East Syria in Eastern Province of der alzoor. Some have been discharged from hospital, he said.
The ministry said cholera was also Discover in Factory in Milk that makes ice cubes and was shut down immediately.
The Ministry of Health urged residents to do so sure They drink water from a known clean source and also wash fruits and vegetables well.
‘serious threat’
cholera outbreak in several regions of Syria poses a “serious threat to people in Syria and regionthe representative of the United Nations in Country said, calling for Urgent response to contain its spread.
The outbreak is believed to be related to irrigation of crops using polluted water and people Drinking unsafe water from the Euphrates River, which separates Syria from the Euphrates River north The United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator, Imran Reza, said that towards the east in a permit.
wide destruction of national Water infrastructure after more who held of War means a lot of Syrian population He approves on Unsafe water sources.
Richard Brennan, Regional Emergency Manager of The WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region said the agency had recorded eight deaths from the disease since August 25: six in Aleppo in The north and two in der alzoor in the East.
“This is the first Cholera outbreak confirmed in Recent years … gives geographical spread cause for worry so we have to move fast, he told Reuters via phone.
The outbreak is concentrated in north of Aleppo regionwhere more more than 70% of And 936 suspected cases were recorded, and Deir ez-Zor, where more More than 20% have been registered.
smaller number of Suspected cases have been registered in Raqqa, Hasakah, Hama and Latakia.
the number of Confirmed cholera cases 20 in Aleppo four years in Latakia and two in Damascus.
Before the recent cholera outbreak, the water crisis was caused a plus in Diseases such as diarrhea, malnutrition and skin diseases in The region, according to the World Health Organization.
Brennan said the World Health Organization is appealing to donors to increase funding such as organization I was already deal with number of cholera outbreak in The regionIncluding in Pakistan where floods exacerbated a pre-existing outbreak.
“we need to scale up Monitoring and testing capacity… Efforts are underway to truck Clean water for the hardest-hit communities.”
