PM:10:24:21/06/2022
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SULAIMANI — Aso Hawez, the spokesman of the Kurdistan Region’s
Ministry of Health, said the spread of cholera was not normal and it was not
acceptable for the Region to lack clean water.
Hawez said on Tuesday (June 21) diarrhea and vomiting were
symptoms of seasonal diseases that increase in the summer but recent test
results show cholera has spread this year in the Kurdistan Region.
He said cholera was spread through contact with dirty drinking
water and food, especially vegetables.
On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) in Iraq said
the organization has dispatched urgent medicine and medical supplies to
Sulaimani governorate to help with the sudden cholera outbreak.
On June 15, Kirkuk’s health directorate announced a case of
cholera had been recorded in the province, along with a number of suspected
cases.
The KRG’s Health Ministry said 10 cases of cholera had been
recorded in Sulaimani and four in Erbil.
(NRT Digital Media)