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Jan 2024
23m 6s

Cholera Contamination

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Lebanon has witnessed the return of the Cholera disease, A disease the Lebanese thought had disappeared years ago. The Infrastructure deterioration and the intermingling of sewage with  drinking water have reintroduced dangerous diseases to the region, including cholera. Bushra Abdelsamad visited polluted hotspots in north Lebanon specifically in the Bebnin area, which witnessed the highest infection rates.

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