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Abdel Ghaffar emphasized that most cholera patients can be successfully treated if they receive oral rehydration solutions promptly.
Despite the increased vigilance at border crossings to monitor for any potential cases, particularly due to outbreaks in neighboring countries, Egypt remains cholera-free.
Egypt’s Adviser to the President for Health Affairs, Dr. Mohamed Awad Taj El-Din denied on Wednesday the existence of any cholera infection in Egypt.
Cholera has spread in Syria and Lebanon at an “alarmed” level, said UNICEF in a statement on Monday.
Egypt’s Ministry of health has issued guideline to the hospitals and various health sectors with instructions to deal with cholera cases if they were discovered.
As Egypt’s Aswan has been receiving dozens of Africans participating in the AFCON, the city detected 82 travelers with malaria, and reportedly cured them all.
Saudi Arabia confirmed one cholera infection and three other suspected cases in an area bordering Yemen.
Egyptian Ambassador here Omar Abu Eish said on Tuesday that all Egyptians living in Algeria are safe with no cholera cases among them.
Previous outbreaks might have helped build cholera immunity in the population, but other diseases, as well as malnutrition, have weakened Yemenis' immune systems.
he number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has hit 1 million, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday.
WHO said Sunday that cholera could resurge in Yemen due to the shortage of fuel delivered to hospitals and water pumps.
The United Nations launched one of its biggest ever cholera vaccination drives in the vast refugee camps of southeast Bangladesh Tuesday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports 900,000 doses of oral cholera vaccine are expected to arrive in Cox’s Bazar.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expected the suspected cases of cholera in Yemen to reach one million by the end of 2017.
At least 44 people have now died in a cholera outbreak in northeast Nigeria, the United Nations said Monday.
The cholera epidemic tearing through Yemen, exacerbating the already dire humanitarian situation in the war-ravaged country.
The cholera epidemic that has ravaged war-torn Yemen has been declining for the past two months because of an unprecedented response by "unsung local heroes
The UN said Saturday that Houthis and pro-Saleh militias hijack humanitarian assistance and aid vehicles in Yemen.
More than half a million people in Yemen have been infected with cholera since the epidemic began four months ago and 1,975 people have died
As the rainy season progresses in South Sudan, rapid responses are critical to stemming the cholera outbreak that has affected the country for over a year.
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