Respiratory Illnesses in Gaza to Worsen with Floods
The agency said acute respiratory infections are 33,000 cases higher than last year as flooding and overcrowded shelters worsen conditions.
- On Friday, The World Health Organization warned of surging respiratory illnesses in Gaza, with conditions expected to worsen after heavy rains flooded tens of thousands of tents housing displaced Palestinians.
- The Israeli military's expansion of a demarcation established under October's US-brokered ceasefire forced people into crowded conditions, where 'the spread between humans of a virus is much more prone to spread,' WHO Representative DrReinhilde Van explained.
- Nearly 400,000 displaced people live in extremely high-risk flood areas, with respiratory infections 33,000 cases higher than last year and now comprising 11 per cent of all medical consultations.
- While most medicines arrive in Gaza, the WHO faces difficulty obtaining laboratory supplies vital for diagnosis, urging officials: 'let laboratory equipment enter Gaza today, so that we can avoid a public health disaster on top of a disaster.'
- Van warned that with winter not yet fully set in, 'it is shocking that just a few days of rain really showed us what the coming months will bring,' noting the worst health crisis is yet to come.
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Palestinians displaced in a partially flooded tent camp in Gaza City REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas The World Health Organization warned on Friday (13) about the increase in respiratory diseases in Gaza, with a forecast of worsening after heavy rains having flooded tens of thousands of tents housing displaced Palestinians. The numbers already show the pressure. Acute respiratory infections are 33,000 more cases than in the same period last year, said …
Respiratory illnesses rise in Gaza with worst to come
The World Health Organisation warned on Friday of surging respiratory illnesses in Gaza, with worse expected after heavy rains flooded tens of thousands of tents housing displaced Palestinians. “The numbers already show the pressure. Acute respiratory infections are 33,000 cases higher than at the same time last year,” Dr Reinhilde Van De Weerdt, WHO Representative […]
Nearly one million displaced people in Gaza live in flood-prone areas, with 400,000 of them in areas considered extremely high risk, according to the WHO The post Gaza: WHO “Alarm” – Increase in respiratory diseases as heavy rains expected appeared first on in.gr.
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