WHO has rated the risk of a global cholera outbreak as «very high»

According to the World Health Organisation, the epidemiological situation related to cholera has been worsening on Earth since mid-December 2022.

In particular, by February this year it was reported that the disease had broken out in 18 countries. They have significantly higher mortality rates from epidemics.

According to the analysis, seven cholera pandemics have been recorded on our planet in the last two centuries. The seventh began in 1961 and continues to this day.

Although the pandemic declined significantly in the late 1990s, countries in Africa and Asia are still experiencing new waves of epidemics. Given the rising number of cases and expanding geography of the disease, as well as the shortage of anti-cholera vaccines and other resources, WHO has rated the risk of further outbreaks in the coming months as very high.

P.S. Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection that affects an average of 2.9 million people each year. 95 000 patients die from complications of the infection.