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CHOLERA OUTBREAK

Health Ministry records 18 new cases in past 24 hours

Health Ministry records 18 new cases in past 24 hours

Patients receive treatment in a field hospital in Bebnine, in the northern region of Akkar, on Oct. 25, 2022. (Credit: Michel Hallak/L'Orient Today)

BEIRUT — Lebanon has recorded 18 new cases of cholera in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 305 in the first such outbreak since 1993, the Ministry of Health announced Tuesday evening in its daily report.

No new deaths were reported, with the total deaths still standing at 11 since the first case in Lebanon appeared on Oct. 5.

Caretaker Health Minister Firass Abiad said last week he was concerned about the "rapid spread of the disease" in the country. Most of the cases have been in Syrian refugee communities in Lebanon, while there has been "an increase in cases among Lebanese," Abiad warned. He also pointed out that most of the deaths seem to be due to the fact that patients did not receive the necessary medical care. 

On Saturday, the caretaker health minister said that "nearly 10,000 doses of vaccines will arrive in Lebanon in the next 10 days and will be used mainly by medical teams dealing with the spread of cholera and by people in crowded places such as prisons."


BEIRUT — Lebanon has recorded 18 new cases of cholera in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 305 in the first such outbreak since 1993, the Ministry of Health announced Tuesday evening in its daily report. No new deaths were reported, with the total deaths still standing at 11 since the first case in Lebanon appeared on Oct. 5.Caretaker Health Minister Firass Abiad said last week he was...