Bebnine Municipality member Nouhad Salma (in front), Akkar governor Imad Labki and Bebnine mayor Kifah Kassar at the clinic in Bebnine. (Credit: João Sousa,/L'Orient Today)
BEIRUT — The Ministry of Public Health announced Monday night that Lebanon recorded two new cholera cases in 24 hours, raising the total case count to 390. The report did not record a new death, and the total number of cholera deaths remains at 17.
On Thursday, caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi issued a statement asking governors "of all districts" to "fully monitor" the implementation of water treatment and "tighten their supervision on all sources of water."
Mawlawi also said a daily report should be submitted to the Branch of the Management of the Risks of Crisis, affiliated with the cabinet, that "should include the data taken from every governorate."
This is Lebanon's first cholera outbreak since 1993.