The Iraqi Ministry of Health announced today, Wednesday, that it is facing Four different epidemics at onceIt is also monitoring the possibility of monkeypox entering the country.
And the spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Health, Saif Al-Badr, made it clear that Iraq entered the fifth wave of the Corona epidemic, as the number of injuries reached more than 4800 injuries today.
Corona infected in Iraq (archive)
Al-Badr added that the ministry recorded 39 new cases of cholera today, bringing the total number of infections to more than 200, including at least two deaths (in Kirkuk and Baghdad).
Al-Badr also indicated that the Iraqi health authorities are facing the spread of two other epidemics of rabies and hemorrhagic feverThe latter has resulted in two deaths so far.
Sterilization of livestock farms in Kirkuk to prevent the spread of hemorrhagic fever
In 2015, Iraq witnessed the largest epidemic wave outbreak of cholera They were concentrated in Baghdad and Babylon in the south of the country, leaving about 1809 confirmed injuries and 65 deaths.
Data from the World Health Organization indicate that the disease affects about 4 million annually, and leads to deaths ranging from 21 thousand to 143 thousand deaths worldwide.
Providing water and sanitation is crucial to preventing cholera, which causes severe diarrhea that can lead to death within hours if left untreated.