Health Ministry calls for awareness to prevent cholera

AMMAN — The Health Ministry on Monday urged the public to take measures to protect themselves from cholera infections, after neighbouring countries registered cases.

Ministry Spokesperson Hatem Azrui said authorities have been implementing preventive measures for years to keep the country free of the disease, noting that the last cholera infection in Jordan was in 1982, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The ministry’s health awareness department is running an awareness campaign, distributing leaflets that offer information on the disease, ways of infection, prevention and treatment, Azrui said, expressing hope that media outlets would participate in the campaign, according to Petra.