Muscat: A Bangladeshi expatriate is being treated for cholera in Oman, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Monday.
“The patient is receiving the appropriate treatment in the country and he is a good condition,” said the statement.
The statement added that the cause of infection started from the patient’s homeland (Bangladesh) before he arrived in Oman. The ministry confirmed that no other Cholera cases have been found in Oman.
This is the first case in 2016 so far.
In 2015, An Omani woman was diagnosed with cholera, after she came back from Iraq.
The ministry said the patient, who was undergoing medical treatment in a government hospital in Muscat, was in a stable condition.
Two other Omanis who were travelling with the woman tested negative for the disease.
Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Cholera remains a global threat to public health and an indicator of inequity and lack of social development, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).
Researchers have estimated that every year, there are roughly 1.3 to 4.0 million cases, and 21,000 to 143,000 deaths worldwide due to cholera.
