Iraq faces new outbreak of cholera, 2022

Stool samples and rectal swabs were collected and examined in these hospitals; among them, 56 samples were sent to the Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL) in Baghdad province where 13 cholera cases have been confirmed, including ten cases from Sulaymaniyah, one case from Kirkuk, and two cases from Muthanna province.3 On 19 June 2022, Sulaymaniyah Health Department announced there were about 4,000 suspected cases of diarrhea recorded in Sulaymaniyah's hospitals in the previous week. Cholera case management is effective as the mortality rate (CFR) is 0.5% as required by WHO standards (appropriate management of the cholera case should maintain CFR less than 1%).4 In Iraq, there is a defect in the supply of potable water, which has caused drought and water scarcity in many regions, where people rely on wells or water trucking from formal and informal sources. Molecular detection and phylogenetic analysis of Vibrio cholerae genotypes in Hillah, Iraq.