Lebanon Disease Outbreaks: New trouble?
Israel has been attacking iran for the past several days, due to which the situation in lebanon is getting worse. israel was already doing air attacks, but for the past few days, it has also come on a joint attack. Due to this, lebanon is facing double trouble. Earlier it was troubled by the Israeli army, now the health sector has become the biggest issue there, due to which Lebanon is surrounded on two fronts. WHO has warned of a possible disease outbreak in Lebanon. A WHO official has said that the outbreak can occur due to overcrowding in shelters and the closure of hospitals.
Which diseases is Lebanon surrounded by?
In fact, WHO's lebanon Deputy event Manager Ian Clark said in a Geneva news conference via video link from Beirut that we are facing a situation where there is a very high risk of diseases like diarrhea, hepatitis A increasing, these are diseases that can be prevented through vaccines.
Are Lebanon's hospitals empty?
Clarke said the UN health agency has already warned that the system is under tremendous pressure and so far five hospitals in the country have closed and four are only partially functioning. He said hospitals have been closed because doctors have either fled the fighting or Lebanese authorities have told them to evacuate. The Israeli military has launched a ground operation in Lebanon's southwest, escalating a year-long conflict with the Iran-backed group Hezbollah that has killed more than 1,000 people in the past two weeks and triggered a mass exodus.
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