[IraqiNews] The Iraqi Minister of Health, Adila Hammoud, arrived in the city of Basra in an inspection visit to find out the last preparations for dealing with the cholera disease in hospitals and health centers in the city.Hammoud confirmed the presence of one case of cholera in the city of Basra, as well as in the city of Missan, calling for the formation of an operations room of health departments and municipal departments to face the disease.
General Director of the Health Department of Basra, Riyadh Abdul Ameer, said that health teams have visited the patient in Basra in the place of his residence, while denied the presence of any injury among Asian workers, as recently rumored.
Baghdad Council announces closure of 60 restaurants because of cholera
[IraqiNews] Health and Environment Committee in the province of Baghdad announced on Saturday the closure of 60 restaurants in the regions of Abu Ghraib and Mahmudiyah west of the capital because of the cholera outbreak, while confirmed that the situation is under control until now.
The Chairman of the committee Nahida al-Tamimi said in an interview for IraqiNews.com that "the authorities proceeded in the closure of 60 restaurants in the regions of Abu Ghraib and Mahmudiyah as a result of cholera outbreak," pointing out that "a number of ice and water shops that have been closed."
Tamimi added that "the registered cholera cases are controlled so far," stressing the need "to supply the villages and areas with clean drinking water."
The Ministry of Health and Environment announced earlier on Saturday, for the registration of 239 laboratory-confirmed cases of cholera epidemic to date in the whole of Iraq.