The Ministry of Health has brushed aside the possibility of cholera spreading in the country stressing at the same time that “the situation is reassuring and under control, and there is no change in the procedures related to travel.”
The ministry statement came after one case of cholera was detected when a citizen returned from a visit to Iraq — the country suffering from the outbreak of the disease.
The man and those who had come in contact with him were isolated according to the approved protocols, and their condition was followed up to ensure their safety and also to ensure they do not transmit the infection to others.
The Ministry of Health confirmed that the chances of cholera spreading in the country are “out of the question”, stressing the importance of citizens and residents taking caution when traveling to any country where the epidemic is spreading, and making sure to avoid sources of drinking water and unsafe food.
The ministry called on people who show symptoms such as diarrhea and severe fever, within 7 days of their arrival from a country where the disease is spreading, to go to the nearest health center to receive the necessary advice and treatment.
The sources pointed out that “cholera” is endemic in areas where wars, epidemics and famines abound, and it has spread in some Arab countries recently, such as Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, indicating that it usually appears in residential areas that suffer from a scarcity of drinking water or lack of sewage networks which is not the case in Kuwait.
The sources pointed out that infection with the disease is often caused by eating contaminated food or drinking water, stressing that the chances of transmission of “cholera” infection to the country are almost non-existent, unlike viruses transmitted through breathing, such as winter seasonal diseases and the Corona virus and its variants.