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Around a hundred cases of hepatitis recorded in the Bekaa
For the mohafez of Bekaa “the matter is under control”.
OLJ / April 30, 2024 at 5:35 p.m.
Around a hundred cases of hepatitis A have been recorded in the village of Kamed el-Loz, in the Bekaa, the Litani Authority said on Tuesday. Nearly a hundred people were hospitalized in Farhat and Rachaya, according to the organization's press release. He sent messages to the ministries of Energy and Water, and of Public Health, as well as to the mohafez of Bekaa, to stop the pumping of water from the village wells and to carry out the necessary tests.
Hepatitis A, a liver disease, is characterized by the following symptoms: jaundice, fever, fatigue, abdominal pain.
The mohafez of Bekaa, Kamal Abou Jaoudé, told L'Orient-Le Jour that “the matter is under control”. “With the help of the Ministry of Health office in the region and the epidemiological surveillance office, we closed the schools so that the spread could be stopped. We took samples from the different wells that could be the origin of this epidemic,” he continued. He added that chlorine could be poured into wells where contamination was established, before the water was redistributed to homes.
To a question about the source of this contamination, Mr. Abou Jaoudé emphasizes that it could be multiple, coming from the polluted waters of the Litani or elsewhere. As for the infected people, the manager assured that follow-up was carried out with them.
The Health Ministry was not immediately available for comment on the matter.
In the summer of 2022, an outbreak of hepatitis A had contaminated several hundred people in Lebanon, mainly in the North and in the Bekaa, due to water pollution, according to statements from the Ministry of Health.
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https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1412199/une-centaine-de-cas-dhepatite-recenses-dans-la-bekaa.html
Around a hundred cases of hepatitis recorded in the Bekaa
For the mohafez of Bekaa “the matter is under control”.
OLJ / April 30, 2024 at 5:35 p.m.
Around a hundred cases of hepatitis A have been recorded in the village of Kamed el-Loz, in the Bekaa, the Litani Authority said on Tuesday. Nearly a hundred people were hospitalized in Farhat and Rachaya, according to the organization's press release. He sent messages to the ministries of Energy and Water, and of Public Health, as well as to the mohafez of Bekaa, to stop the pumping of water from the village wells and to carry out the necessary tests.
Hepatitis A, a liver disease, is characterized by the following symptoms: jaundice, fever, fatigue, abdominal pain.
The mohafez of Bekaa, Kamal Abou Jaoudé, told L'Orient-Le Jour that “the matter is under control”. “With the help of the Ministry of Health office in the region and the epidemiological surveillance office, we closed the schools so that the spread could be stopped. We took samples from the different wells that could be the origin of this epidemic,” he continued. He added that chlorine could be poured into wells where contamination was established, before the water was redistributed to homes.
To a question about the source of this contamination, Mr. Abou Jaoudé emphasizes that it could be multiple, coming from the polluted waters of the Litani or elsewhere. As for the infected people, the manager assured that follow-up was carried out with them.
The Health Ministry was not immediately available for comment on the matter.
In the summer of 2022, an outbreak of hepatitis A had contaminated several hundred people in Lebanon, mainly in the North and in the Bekaa, due to water pollution, according to statements from the Ministry of Health.
...
https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1412199/une-centaine-de-cas-dhepatite-recenses-dans-la-bekaa.html