BEIRUT, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese caretaker Health Minister Firass Abiad warned on Sunday that cholera could become "endemic" in Lebanon if the country fails to curb the spread of its infection, the National News Agency reported.
Making the remarks during a visit to public hospitals in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, Abiad urged Lebanon to grasp the "golden opportunity" to stop the transmission, as "the epidemic is still in its infancy and can be stopped."
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