The Ministry of Health of Ukrainehas warned that there may be cases of infectious diseases, including angerin the Kherson region after the floods that occurred in the area due to the destruction of the dam of Nova Kakhovka.

“We do not rule out the occurrence of specific cases of cholera“, alerted this Thursday the Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Health, Igor Kuzin, who indicated that “the corresponding control has been strengthened and everything possible has been done so that these cases do not occur.” “The health system is ready to respond,” assured.

His warning thus added to the one expressed, also on Thursday, by the official technician of the WHO Health Emergencies Program, Teresa Zakaria, who warned that there is a risk of cholera in the areas affected by the floods. “We have not seen any cases of cholera in humans since the start of the invasion of Ukraine. That being said, the environmental samples show that the pathogen exists“, alerted Zakaria, who added that” this constitutes a risk.

During the early hours of Tuesday, the Southern Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported the destruction of this infrastructure by Rusiae indicated that they were investigating the magnitude of the damage, as well as the speed and amount of water that would affect the probable flood zones.

The President, Volodimir Zelensky accused “Russian terrorists” of destroyingof the damwhich has been rejected by the Kremlin, which maintains that the attack was a “clear” and “deliberate” act of sabotage planned and carried out by Kyiv.