The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced a resurgence of cholera cases across countries in Africa, East Asia, America, Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean region.
Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by intestine infection with the bacterium “vibrio cholerae”. The disease is highly infectious and primarily spread through contaminated water and food.
This is contained in a bulletin issued by the organisation.
According to the United Nations Agency, about 195,00 cholera cases have been reported in the five regions between January and May, with the Eastern Mediterranean Region reporting the highest number of cases of more than 98,000 cases from seven countries.
Africa has the second-highest cases, with 92,789 cases from 14 countries. A distant margin from what was found in America, where about 3700 cases from one country were recorded as the third highest from an affected region.