Zimbabwe issues state of emergency in Harare over cholera. The outbreak claimed thousands of lives. Health authorities are struggling to manage the high number of admissions. Zimbabwe has declared a state of emergency in the capital Harare due to a cholera outbreak that has resulted in dozens of deaths and over 7,000 suspected cases. The … Read more
The cholera outbreak has already killed 161 people in six weeks. This is the first breakout of the deadly diarrheal disease in three years. 4.7 million people are facing significant levels of food insecurity, the U.N. says. Tuesday, the United Nations and Haiti requested $145.6 million to combat a new cholera outbreak that has already … Read more
Three decades have passed since the last cholera case in Lebanon. Since then, there have been hundreds of suspected cases. The actual number may be thousands due to lack of diagnostic procedures. This pandemic is intricately entwined with the nation’s political shortcomings. Muhammad Akel is unable to breathe. He pleads for the water he isn’t … Read more
The outbreak comes as the country is crippled by a gang blockade that has caused gasoline and clean water shortages. An epidemic of the disease in 2010 was blamed on a United Nations peacekeeping force for the deaths of approximately 10,000 people. In 2020, the Pan American Health Organization reported that there were no verified … Read more
At least 287 children have perished since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Mariupol was besieged for weeks until Russian forces stormed it in mid-May. The mayor said the city was experiencing a cholera outbreak because sanitation services had failed and bodies were decaying in the streets. The prosecutor general’s office in Ukraine announced on Saturday … Read more
Ukraine’s southern city of Mariupol is at risk of catastrophic cholera outbreak. Medical services are likely already nearing collapse, UK Ministry of Defence says. Russia is struggling to provide basic public services to people living in Russian-occupied regions. As per Britain’s defence ministry, Ukraine’s southern city of Mariupol is at risk of a catastrophic cholera … Read more
Cholera has killed one child and sickened 30 individuals in South Sudan, according to health officials, the first outbreak in nearly five years. “The Ministry of Health would like to inform the public that the cholera outbreak has been declared in Rubkona county, Unity State,” the ministry said in a statement. “To date, a total … Read more
ABUJA: The cholera outbreak in Nigeria has killed 2,323 people in the country since its onset in January, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Tuesday. In a statement on Tuesday, the NCDC said 46 new deaths were linked to the outbreak across the country between August 30 and Septembner 5. The public … Read more
LAGOS: The death toll from the cholera outbreak in Nigeria since January has hit 2,141 among more than 65,000 suspected cases, said the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC). In the latest update on the cholera outbreak reaching Xinhua on Tuesday, the health agency said a total of 65,145 suspected cholera cases have been reported … Read more
