WHO: 20-year cholera outbreak.

(RT) ⸻ The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a sharp surge in cholera cases in at least 30 countries in 2022, driven by economic crises, climate change and the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. Between January and October of last year, 29 countries reported cases of the disease, compared to 23 the year before. The WHO director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said last year that the effects of climate change had "turbocharged" the impact of cholera. Cholera is a severe disease that is contracted by ingesting contaminated food or water, and can lead to death within hours if left untreated. Figures from the WHO state that around 143,000 die from the disease globally every year.