Syria on brink of massive cholera outbreak 'that will be impossible to contain'

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Cholera could soon claim ‘thousands of lives’ in Syria if urgent action is not taken soon.

Cholera is generally contracted from contaminated food or water and spreads in residential areas that lack proper sewerage networks or mains drinking water

There, people are living in extremely basic and overcrowded conditions in which the spread of the disease is likely to accelerate even faster. Islamic Relief aid workers in the camps fear that an outbreak of cases there could quickly become catastrophic.

 

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