OBS: Over 10,000 cases of cholera are recorded in Syria

The World Health Organization (OBSH) reported that more than 10,000 cases have been recorded in Syria since the beginning of the cholera epidemic.

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebrreesus at the organisation's headquarters in Geneva announced the latest data on the cholera epidemic in Syria and Haiti, writes Anadolu, broadcast Klankosova.tv.

He said cholera cases have increased to over 10,000 in the last six weeks throughout Syria.

“in the epidemic, which has appeared for the first time in Haiti after 3 years, 2 cases have been confirmed by official authorities, meanwhile 20 other cases and 7 deaths are under investigation”, Ghebrreesus said.

Defending the view that the number of cholera cases in Haiti is higher than reported, Ghebrès said: “This epidemic has caused an obstacle for Haiti, which is preparing to become a place completely cleaned up by cholera by the end of”.

WHO leader stresses that cholera microbe can be prevented by pure vaccines and water, and that many people do not have access to cholera combat.

Calls for vaccine manufacturers that “increase cholera vaccines”

Informing that 27 million doses of vaccine were sent to the areas in need last year by the stock of vaccines produced by O BSH vs. cholera in 2013, Ghebrases called on the world's leading pharmaceutical companies to cooperate with O BSH to increase vaccine production.

Ghebrases recalled that the Ebola epidemic that erupted again in Uganda, the epidemics that began in the wake of the floods in Pakistan, and the current pandemic of COVID-19, and the monkey oak are on the global agenda.

“This situation highlights the fact that all countries urgently need to develop their defence system against epidemics”, he said.