On Tuesday, June 28, the cholera outbreak in Iraq marked the first death, with 17 new cases of this acute diarrheal disease in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health announced.
The province of Kirkuk in northern Iraq has “The first death from the disease was registered today (Tuesday, the editor’s note)Health Ministry spokesman Saif al-Badr was quoted as saying by the Iraqi state news agency. «In the past 24 hours, 17 new cases have been registered, bringing the total number of cases registered in Iraq since the beginning of the year to 76.“, He continued.
The resumption of cholera in Iraq was first officially reported about ten days ago in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region of Sulaymaniyah, ten cases in al-Mutanna (two in the south and one in Kirkuk. Saif al-Badr did not explain why his cholera reappeared). The last major epidemic in the country dates back to 2015, according to the Ministry of Health. At that time, cholera infected mainly Baghdad, the province of Babylon, south of the capital, infecting hundreds of people.
Acute diarrhea, which can sometimes be fatal, can lead to cholera. The disease often develops in populated areas with limited access to drinking water or without adequate sanitation. It is estimated that between 1.3 and 4 million cases of cholera are reported worldwide each year, resulting in 21,000 to 143,000 deaths.
Source: Le Figaro
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