Refugee settlements, sewage pollution, COVID-19 and the unfolding cholera outbreak in Lebanon
Issmat I. Kassem, Marwan Osman, Hadi Jaafar, Khaled El Omari
Abstract
We have previously documented that the unsanitary conditions in the Syrian refugee settlements and pollution in Lebanon were suitable for the proliferation of infectious diseases. Here, we discuss how cholera is spreading rapidly across Lebanon, where a Syrian man from an informal settlement is thought to be the index case.
Topics & Concepts
CholeraOutbreakRefugeeHuman settlementMedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Environmental healthSewagePandemic2019-20 coronavirus outbreakPollutionVirologySocioeconomicsInfectious disease (medical specialty)GeographyEnvironmental engineeringEnvironmental scienceDiseaseEcologyBiologySociologyArchaeologyPathologyVibrio bacteria research studiesCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesTravel-related health issues