Τετάρτη 7 Οκτωβρίου 2015

More than 1,200 the confirmed cholera cases in Iraq

More than 1,200 the confirmed cholera cases in Iraq


The number of confirmed cholera cases in Iraq rose to 1,201, announced today the Ministry of Health, said the epidemic before about one month in parts of the country on the banks of the Euphrates.

"As of October 7, 2015 there are 1,201 confirmed cases," he said in a statement the Ministry of Health, stating that the majority of people infected were cured.

According to the ministry has recorded only one death in the province of Babylon, south of Baghdad. Health officials had talks about four deaths west of the capital of Iraq in September probably due to the cholera epidemic.

The health minister of Iraq Adila Hamoud Hussein is in contact with the World Health Organization as part of its effort to strengthen the cooperation of the Iraqi authorities with the WHO to address the epidemic, according to a notice published in Baghdad.

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