Only the world is more or less accustomed to the coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) decided to remind that we are all threatened by cholera.
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It turns out that over the past 200 years, 7 cholera pandemics have been registered, and what is most interesting is the last, the seventh one is still ongoing. And it started in 1961. In 2022 alone, cholera outbreaks were reported in 18 countries.
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Countries in white do not report ongoing cholera outbreaks as of February 1, 2023.
Experts believe that in 2023 the situation may worsen, and the mortality rate from cholera is higher than in previous years. Previous studies estimate 2.9 million cases and 95,000 deaths annually.
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Cholera cases reported to WHO by year and continent, global CFR 1989–2021
A person becomes infected after they have ingested food or water contaminated with the bacterium. Vibrio cholerae. Cholera has a short incubation period, from twelve hours to five days. Most people have no symptoms or only mild or moderate symptoms; about 20% of patients develop acute watery diarrhea with severe dehydration and there is a risk of death. Although there have long been cures and vaccines for the disease, cholera is still widespread in parts of Africa and Asia.
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Well, as a bonus, WHO wangs an outbreak of cholera in Turkey due to an earthquake, and in Israel there is still a risk of re-infection of people. In November 2022, Israel reported to WHO the discovery of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 in environmental samples from Yarmuch Creek.
In general, we do not relax. We wash our hands and boil water, just in case.
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