The Ministry of Health announced today that the total number of confirmed cases of cholera in Syria reached 201 by rapid testing.
The ministry stated that the distribution of infections is 153 in Aleppo, 21 in Al-Hasakah, 14 in Deir ez-Zour, 10 in Lattakia, 2 in Damascus, and one in Homs.
The ministry indicated that the total number of deaths reached 14 , 11 in Aleppo, 2 in Deir ez-Zor and 1 in Al-Hasakah, pointing out that it is conducting around-the-clock epidemiological surveillance of the disease and taking appropriate measures to surround it in cooperation with the concerned authorities.
The ministry said that treatment is available in all its forms, and hospitals have been provided with an additional stock of treatment in anticipation of any increase in the number of limited cases so far.
Inas Abdulkar