Mariupol official says quarantine imposed amid cholera fears

Ukraine-Russia: Mariupol on brink of suspected cholera outbreak

Mariupol – the scene of some of the most bitter fighting in Ukraine – is on the brink of a suspected cholera outbreak.

Mariupol official says quarantine imposed amid cholera fears

An official in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol said Russia imposed a quarantine in the port city on Monday after the infectious disease cholera began spreading among residents, raising fears of a ma…

War in Ukraine: Cholera fears in Mariupol

Mariupol 'on brink of cholera outbreak with bodies decomposing under rubble'

There are growing concerns about Mariupol’s water supply becoming contaminated (Picture: Reuters)Ukrainians left in the Russian-controlled city of Mariupol will soon be struck down by a cholera outbreak with no access to medicine, the deputy mayor said. The Black Sea port city has been under an intense blockade since Putin invaded Ukraine on February 24. Before the war some 500,000 people lived in Mariupol but now there are just 150,000 left. Th…

War in Ukraine: the risk of a cholera epidemic grows in Mariupol

In the occupied city of Mariupol in Ukraine, a cholera epidemic threatens.

Mariupol on brink of cholera outbreak as city 'drowns in rubbish and sewage', says deputy mayor

Deputy mayor Sergeii Orlov said summer is accelerating the decomposition of 'thousands of corpses', while Mariupol residents have no way out of the Russian-held city