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Lebanon: 2022 Hepatitis

Shiloh

Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: https://www.thenationalnews.com/men...-reports-new-hepatitis-a-outbreak-in-tripoli/

Lebanon reports new hepatitis A outbreak in Tripoli
While disease is endemic to Lebanon, the current outbreak is larger than normal
Jamie Prentis
Jun 14, 2022

Lebanon’s second city of Tripoli has reported 174 cases of hepatitis A since an outbreak began in recent weeks.

Health officials believe it could be linked to possible contamination that occurred when work was being carried out on a local water system in late April.

The North Lebanon Water Corporation has said, however, that Tripoli’s water is safe for domestic and drinking use.

A Tripoli-based doctor said it was likely that there a handful of people who had also contracted Hepatitis A but were not aware...
 
Source: https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/hepititis-cases-lebanon-jump-nearly-400-one-day


Hepititis A cases in Lebanon jump by nearly 400 in one day amid medicine, water crisis
The New Arab Staff
15 June, 2022
Cases of Hepatitis A in Lebanon have jumped by 381 between Monday and Tuesday as the country grapples with a falling healthcare system and sewage crisis.

The total number of Hepatitis A cases in Lebanon jumped to 555 from 174 between Monday and Tuesday, amid an ongoing crisis in the country's health and sewage systems.

Lebanon's health ministry said most of the cases were registered in the northern part of the country and the Bekaa region, east of the capital city Beirut.

The rise in cases comes after Youssef Bakhash, head of the Syndicates of Physicians in Lebanon warned on Monday that Hepatitis A is spreading fast in the country...
 
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