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We are at a crucial point in the fight against cholera. Despite shortages and rising demand, there is real momentum in vaccine development and production. We can’t afford to lose focus.

ALBAWABA - Cholera continues to spread in Syria as carried by news websites and the social media. The disease has been in the news since last months with comments spreading rapidly about the disease.

Cholera is a bacterial infection that can cause severe diarrhoea, usually spread through contaminated water. It's not found in the UK, but there's a very small risk of getting it while travelling ...

"If the cholera outbreak … spreads to the new displaced people, it might spread very fast," Abdinasir Abubakar, WHO's representative in Lebanon, told reporters in an online news conference.

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"the risk of spread is very high". The patient, from Ammouniyeh in northern Lebanon, had no history of travel, the ministry said. Lebanon suffered its first cholera outbreak in 30 years between ...

"If the cholera outbreak ... spreads to the new displaced people, it might spread very fast," Abdinasir Abubakar, WHO's representative in Lebanon, told reporters in an online news conference.

The World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Lebanon on Wednesday warned that the risk of cholera spread is "very high" in Lebanon due to new displacements. Abdul Nasir Abubakar's remarks ...