The Syrian Ministry of Health announced, regarding cholera disease in Syria, that the cumulative total number of confirmed infections reached 1097.
The largest part of it was distributed in Aleppo (in the north) with 658 injuries, then Deir ez-Zor (east) with 194 injuries, and in the capital, Damascus, 14 injuries.
The cumulative total number of deaths, according to the official statistics, was 46, the largest in Aleppo with 39 deaths, followed by Hasaka with four deaths, Deir ez-Zor with two deaths, and one death in Damascus.
Meanwhile, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced a £2 million grant to UNICEF in response to the cholera outbreak in Syria.
The British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said in a statement that this funding will support UNICEF’s response to cholera, including the establishment of epidemic treatment centers in Syria.
Last Tuesday, the United Nations warned of a rapid spread of a cholera epidemic across Syria due to the severe shortage of water in the country.
The funding, with a value of two million and 320 thousand dollars, allows access to areas where cholera has spread and train the public on how to limit its spread.
“The population in Syria is stuck in the midst of an escalating health and economic crisis, which has left many struggling to survive,” said Rina Ghailani, Director of Operations and Advocacy at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
To tackle cholera, Ghailani demanded at a United Nations session last week $34.4 million for a three-month response plan, and that these funds are needed to help more than 160,000 people with health services, and another five million with water, sanitation and hygiene services.
The United Nations says that more than 24,000 suspected cases of cholera have been reported in the 14 Syrian governorates, while at least 80 people have died so far from the epidemic.
The British minister said: ” With humanitarian needs the highest they have ever been, there is a significant risk that malnutrition, lack of access to clean water and chronic conditions, will see the situation deteriorate even further.”
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