Civilians in Ukrainian cities, especially Mariupol, have suffered from the war against Russia in recent months, but unfortunately this suffering is far from over.
The mayor of that port city said that after months of siege and Russian attacks, drinking water is now contaminated with dead bodies and garbage, increasing the threat of cholera, a bacterial disease that is usually spreads through contaminated water.
British intelligence warns that #Mariupol is at risk of a major outbreak of #cholera
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Four months ago, Mariupol was a normal prosperous port city in Ukraine. However, Russia attacked her. Putin’s army considered it a strategically important point for its invasion of Ukraine and for weeks and months they bombarded and besieged it.
Most of the city, which I had at that time 430,000 inhabitants, was reduced to rubble; according to the Ukrainian authorities, around 50% of the city was destroyed by Russian bombing.
Nail 150, people remain in the city now, and city officials claim that more than 000,000 civilians were killed. For the people who survived in Mariupol, it is one humanitarian crisis after another.
Cholera threatens the city of Mariupol
The Red Cross described the situation as “apocalyptic” and as Russian forces gradually took control of the city, things got worse. In March, Petro Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, reported that people were “drinking from puddles in the streets” due to the loss of running water in the city.
People in Mariupol often cook over fire outside their apartment blocks, and much of the city has no access to drinking water.
It is difficult to say how bad the situation is in the city now because Russian forces prevent communication from Mariupol, but residents have told the media that dead bodies and debris litter the streets.
According to a report by the World Health Organization, the lack of drinking water and the destruction of sanitation systems can pave the way for diseases to emerge infectious diseases in Mariupol, including cholera.
Ukraine was the last European country to declare a cholera epidemic, with 33 cases in 2011 in Mariupol, which has doctors worried by a new outbreak of cholera. 
Last month, Dorit Nitzan, director of WHO incidents in Ukraine, said that the city now has “real swamps in the streets” and the sewage is mixed with drinking water. Without water, people have become accustomed to drinking water from rivers and lakes.
“This is a great danger for many infections, including cholera,” she said. The Russian forces do not allow the access of the WHO or other international organizations to monitor and assist in the situation.
The situation is still amplified more because of the situation in Mariupol hospitals, which according to Andriushchenko is “catastrophic.” “Visual demonstration of complete paralysis and collapse of the medical system… In this state of medicine, any infectious disease turns into a deadly epidemic,” the mayor said on his official Telegram channel.
The indiscriminate bombings, the Siege and destruction have brought Mariupol to disaster, and now infectious diseases are within reach. The last thing Ukraine needs is an infectious disease. Hopefully, it won’t happen. 2820593
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