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Cholera is spreading in Lebanon

As of 3 November 2022, Lebanon has reported 2,421 suspected Cholera cases, including 413 confirmed cases and 18 associated deaths. The outbreak continues to spread to new communities every day as a result of contaminated water at source, community, and household levels.

While the outbreak was initially confined to northern districts, it rapidly spread, with laboratory-confirmed cases now reported from all eight governorates and 18 out of 26 districts. Serotype Vibrio Cholerae O1 El-Tor Ogawa was identified as the currently circulating cholera strain, similar to the one circulating in Syria.

Given the shortage of both health staff and medical supplies in the country, Lebanon has collapsed from a reasonably affluent country into one at risk from the chaos that a preventable, treatable disease like cholera can cause.

Our team in Lebanon is on the ground providing urgently needed help. Let us stand with the people of Lebanon. Save lives. Donate Now

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As of 3 November 2022, Lebanon has reported 2,421 suspected Cholera cases, including 413 confirmed cases and 18 associated deaths. The outbreak continues to spread to new communities every day as a result of contaminated water at source, community, and household levels.

While the outbreak was initially confined to northern districts, it rapidly spread, with laboratory-confirmed cases now reported from all eight governorates and 18 out of 26 districts. Serotype Vibrio Cholerae O1 El-Tor Ogawa was identified as the currently circulating cholera strain, similar to the one circulating in Syria.

Given the shortage of both health staff and medical supplies in the country, Lebanon has collapsed from a reasonably affluent country into one at risk from the chaos that a preventable, treatable disease like cholera can cause.

Our team in Lebanon is on the ground providing urgently needed help. Let us stand with the people of Lebanon. Save lives. Donate Now

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