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Cholera Outbreak in Syria Spreads to Lebanon 

HeadlineOct 20, 2022

In Lebanon, an outbreak of cholera has sickened dozens and left at least five people dead. It’s Lebanon’s first outbreak of the waterborne disease since 1993. This comes as Lebanon continues to suffer a deep economic crisis, which has led to poor sanitation and crumbling infrastructure. The cholera outbreak appears to have spilled over from neighboring Syria, where about two-thirds of water treatment plants have been damaged during the decade-long civil war. 

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