The UN’s health agency says the increase in cases is mainly in the central areas and Rafah governorate in the south, “with the current water and sanitation conditions being prime for further spread”, APA reports citing AlJazeera.
The hepatitis virus is mainly spread when an uninfected and unvaccinated person ingests food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person.
According to the UN, flooding has been reported across different parts of the Strip due to extensive infrastructure damage, destruction and huge clogging of sewage system and wastewater. Rainwater lagoons have been contaminated with wastewater and several lagoons are at risk of flooding if the rainfall intensifies.
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