Battling cholera, Lebanon gets first vaccines, and sharp words, from France

FILE PHOTO: Health workers attend to suspected cholera patients inside a field hospital in Bebnine, Akkar district, northern Lebanon October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon took delivery on Monday of its first vaccines to combat a worsening cholera outbreak - together with sharply worded criticism of the crisis-hit country's crumbling public health infrastructure from donor nation France.

By Sunday, cases of cholera - a disease typically spread through contaminated water, food or sewage - stood at 1,447, with 17 deaths, since the first were recorded in the country a month ago, the health ministry said.