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China: Mouse Forced Out by Water Trick in Hubei

On June 23, 2025, in Hubei, central China, a man used an unusual method to catch a mouse hiding in a dorm drain. He poured bottles of water into the pipe until a small soaked mouse crawled out, shivering. The man quickly grabbed it by the ears as it wriggled in panic. He explained that the dorm door had been left open, allowing the rodent to sneak in and hide. Chinese viewers praised his persistence — and bravery.

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RECAP: Violence Erupts Outside Dublin Hotel Housing Asylum Seekers

Violent clashes erupted outside the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, used for asylum seekers, on Tuesday night, October 21. A large mob hurled bricks, fireworks, and glass bottles at police, prompting officers to deploy pepper spray and water cannons to disperse the crowd. Six people were arrested amid the chaos, which saw a police vehicle set on fire and a helicopter attacked.

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Ireland: Violent Clashes Erupt Outside Dublin’s Citywest Hotel Housing Asylum Seekers 5

Violent clashes erupted outside the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, used for asylum seekers, on Tuesday night, October 21. A large mob hurled bricks, fireworks, and glass bottles at police, prompting officers to deploy pepper spray and water cannons to disperse the crowd. Six people were arrested amid the chaos, which saw a police vehicle set on fire and a helicopter attacked.

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Ireland: Violent Clashes Erupt Outside Dublin’s Citywest Hotel Housing Asylum Seekers 3

Violent clashes erupted outside the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, used for asylum seekers, on Tuesday night, October 21. A large mob hurled bricks, fireworks, and glass bottles at police, prompting officers to deploy pepper spray and water cannons to disperse the crowd. Six people were arrested amid the chaos, which saw a police vehicle set on fire and a helicopter attacked.

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Ireland: Violent Clashes Erupt Outside Dublin’s Citywest Hotel Housing Asylum Seekers 4

Violent clashes erupted outside the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, used for asylum seekers, on Tuesday night, October 21. A large mob hurled bricks, fireworks, and glass bottles at police, prompting officers to deploy pepper spray and water cannons to disperse the crowd. Six people were arrested amid the chaos, which saw a police vehicle set on fire and a helicopter attacked.

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Ireland: Violent Clashes Erupt Outside Dublin’s Citywest Hotel Housing Asylum Seekers

Violent clashes erupted outside the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, used for asylum seekers, on Tuesday night, October 21. A large mob hurled bricks, fireworks, and glass bottles at police, prompting officers to deploy pepper spray and water cannons to disperse the crowd. Six people were arrested amid the chaos, which saw a police vehicle set on fire and a helicopter attacked.

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Ireland: Violent Clashes Erupt Outside Dublin’s Citywest Hotel Housing Asylum Seekers 2

Violent clashes erupted outside the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, used for asylum seekers, on Tuesday night, October 21. A large mob hurled bricks, fireworks, and glass bottles at police, prompting officers to deploy pepper spray and water cannons to disperse the crowd. Six people were arrested amid the chaos, which saw a police vehicle set on fire and a helicopter attacked.

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The Frontline Town of Kostiantynivka - Donetsk Region

Residents carry bottles of water from the volunteer center destroyed by Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region, Ukraine August 24, 2025. Photo by Yevhen Titov/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Frontline Town of Kostiantynivka - Donetsk Region

Residents carry bottles of water from the volunteer center destroyed by Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region, Ukraine August 24, 2025. Photo by Yevhen Titov/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Frontline Town of Kostiantynivka - Donetsk Region

Residents carry bottles of water from the volunteer center destroyed by Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region, Ukraine August 24, 2025. Photo by Yevhen Titov/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humanitarian Aid Convoy Arrives In Syria’s Sweida Province

A humanitarian aid convoy is seen reaching the southern Syrian province of Sweida on July 29, 2025. The Syrian interim authorities, in coordination with international organizations and local community partners, dispatched a fourth humanitarian aid convoy on Tuesday from Damascus to the southern Sweida province, according to state media. The convoy, comprised of 22 trucks, carried 27,000 liters of fuel, 2,000 food baskets, 2,000 hygiene kits, 10,000 bottles of drinking water, 40 tons of flour, and various medical supplies, the official SANA news agency reported. Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humanitarian Aid Convoy Arrives In Syria’s Sweida Province

A humanitarian aid convoy is seen reaching the southern Syrian province of Sweida on July 29, 2025. The Syrian interim authorities, in coordination with international organizations and local community partners, dispatched a fourth humanitarian aid convoy on Tuesday from Damascus to the southern Sweida province, according to state media. The convoy, comprised of 22 trucks, carried 27,000 liters of fuel, 2,000 food baskets, 2,000 hygiene kits, 10,000 bottles of drinking water, 40 tons of flour, and various medical supplies, the official SANA news agency reported. Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Six Hospitalized for Heat-Related Illnesses at Stray Kids’ DC Concert, Prompting Early End 3

A life-threatening heat wave continues to grip the U.S. East Coast. In Washington, D.C., six people were taken to hospitals for heat-related illnesses during a K-pop group Stray Kids' concert at Nationals Park on Monday, June 23, prompting the event to end early due to safety concerns for performers, staff, and fans. This video shows a member handing water bottles to staff during a temporary concert interruption.

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Dobropillia in eastern Ukraine

A man pulls a cart with bottles to get some water in front-line Dobropillia, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 22, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Pokrovsk destroyed by Russian shelling

Elderly people pull carts with bottles of drinking water along the street past buildings damaged by Russian shelling in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Situation of quake-affected people at a shelter in Mandalay

Staff members from Myanmar Mandalay Chinese Enterprises Association distribute bottles of drinking water at a temporary shelter in Mandalay, Myanmar, April 4, 2025. Myanmar's recent earthquake has caused severe casualties, with 3,301 deaths, 4,792 people injured, and 221 reported missing, according to the official media Myanmar Radio and Television on Friday. Photo by Xinhua/Cai Yang/ABACPRESS.COM

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Australia: Empty Shelves at Supermarkets as Cyclone Alfred Approaches 2

Residents flocked to supermarkets to stock up on essentials as Cyclone Alfred approached. The category two cyclone is expected to make landfall late Thursday night, March 6, or early Friday morning. This video filmed on Tuesday, showing empty shelves of toilet paper at a store in Brisbane.

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Australia: Empty Shelves at Supermarkets as Cyclone Alfred Approaches

Residents flocked to supermarkets to stock up on essentials as Cyclone Alfred approached. The category two cyclone is expected to make landfall late Thursday night, March 6, or early Friday morning. This video filmed on Tuesday, showing empty shelves of toilet paper at a store in Brisbane.

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Russian troops launch 500kg bomb at Kramatorsk

KRAMATORSK, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 10, 2025 - A man carries the bottles of drinking water after the strike of a Russian KAB-500 guided bomb with a UMPK, Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine.

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Russia attacks Kyiv with ballistic missiles

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 18, 2025 - A woman and a girl carry bottles with water past caution tape sealing off the scene where the debris from downed Russian ballistic missiles fell in the Shevchenkivskyi district on Saturday morning, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. (Photo by Kirill Chubotin/Ukrinform)

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Death Toll Tops 45,000 Palestinians - Gaza

A woman sits near water bottles and personal items in a corner in Bureij camp, central Gaza Strip, on December 13, 2024. Displaced families living in UNRWA schools face ongoing challenges while trying to retain aspects of their daily routines. More than 45,000 Palestinians have now been killed in the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas militants, health officials in the embattled territory said Monday, as often-stalled ceasefire negotiations appeared to be gaining ground. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nestle Waters Faces Perrier Production Stoppage

This photo shows bottles of Perrier in Paris, France on December 17, 2024. “The most famous sparkling water brand is under threat of losing its natural mineral water label, which has made its reputation for over a century,” said the French daily Le Monde. The newspaper added that “a confidential report from the Occitanie regional health agency (ARS) leaves little room for any other outcome” and that the “blow could be fatal for Perrier”. Following an inspection carried out at the end of May at Perrier’s only packaging site in the Gard region, the state agency says that Nestlé Waters, the brand’s owner, should seriously consider “stopping production of mineral water at the Vergèze site”, due to the regularly degraded sanitary quality of its catchments and, in particular, a virological risk. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nestle Waters Faces Perrier Production Stoppage

This photo shows bottles of Perrier in Paris, France on December 17, 2024. “The most famous sparkling water brand is under threat of losing its natural mineral water label, which has made its reputation for over a century,” said the French daily Le Monde. The newspaper added that “a confidential report from the Occitanie regional health agency (ARS) leaves little room for any other outcome” and that the “blow could be fatal for Perrier”. Following an inspection carried out at the end of May at Perrier’s only packaging site in the Gard region, the state agency says that Nestlé Waters, the brand’s owner, should seriously consider “stopping production of mineral water at the Vergèze site”, due to the regularly degraded sanitary quality of its catchments and, in particular, a virological risk. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nestle Waters Faces Perrier Production Stoppage

This photo shows bottles of Perrier in Paris, France on December 17, 2024. “The most famous sparkling water brand is under threat of losing its natural mineral water label, which has made its reputation for over a century,” said the French daily Le Monde. The newspaper added that “a confidential report from the Occitanie regional health agency (ARS) leaves little room for any other outcome” and that the “blow could be fatal for Perrier”. Following an inspection carried out at the end of May at Perrier’s only packaging site in the Gard region, the state agency says that Nestlé Waters, the brand’s owner, should seriously consider “stopping production of mineral water at the Vergèze site”, due to the regularly degraded sanitary quality of its catchments and, in particular, a virological risk. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nestle Waters Faces Perrier Production Stoppage

This photo shows bottles of Perrier in Paris, France on December 17, 2024. “The most famous sparkling water brand is under threat of losing its natural mineral water label, which has made its reputation for over a century,” said the French daily Le Monde. The newspaper added that “a confidential report from the Occitanie regional health agency (ARS) leaves little room for any other outcome” and that the “blow could be fatal for Perrier”. Following an inspection carried out at the end of May at Perrier’s only packaging site in the Gard region, the state agency says that Nestlé Waters, the brand’s owner, should seriously consider “stopping production of mineral water at the Vergèze site”, due to the regularly degraded sanitary quality of its catchments and, in particular, a virological risk. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nestle Waters Faces Perrier Production Stoppage

This photo shows bottles of Perrier in Paris, France on December 17, 2024. “The most famous sparkling water brand is under threat of losing its natural mineral water label, which has made its reputation for over a century,” said the French daily Le Monde. The newspaper added that “a confidential report from the Occitanie regional health agency (ARS) leaves little room for any other outcome” and that the “blow could be fatal for Perrier”. Following an inspection carried out at the end of May at Perrier’s only packaging site in the Gard region, the state agency says that Nestlé Waters, the brand’s owner, should seriously consider “stopping production of mineral water at the Vergèze site”, due to the regularly degraded sanitary quality of its catchments and, in particular, a virological risk. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nestle Waters Faces Perrier Production Stoppage

This photo shows bottles of Perrier in Paris, France on December 17, 2024. “The most famous sparkling water brand is under threat of losing its natural mineral water label, which has made its reputation for over a century,” said the French daily Le Monde. The newspaper added that “a confidential report from the Occitanie regional health agency (ARS) leaves little room for any other outcome” and that the “blow could be fatal for Perrier”. Following an inspection carried out at the end of May at Perrier’s only packaging site in the Gard region, the state agency says that Nestlé Waters, the brand’s owner, should seriously consider “stopping production of mineral water at the Vergèze site”, due to the regularly degraded sanitary quality of its catchments and, in particular, a virological risk. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nestle Waters Faces Perrier Production Stoppage

This photo shows bottles of Perrier in Paris, France on December 17, 2024. “The most famous sparkling water brand is under threat of losing its natural mineral water label, which has made its reputation for over a century,” said the French daily Le Monde. The newspaper added that “a confidential report from the Occitanie regional health agency (ARS) leaves little room for any other outcome” and that the “blow could be fatal for Perrier”. Following an inspection carried out at the end of May at Perrier’s only packaging site in the Gard region, the state agency says that Nestlé Waters, the brand’s owner, should seriously consider “stopping production of mineral water at the Vergèze site”, due to the regularly degraded sanitary quality of its catchments and, in particular, a virological risk. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nestle Waters Faces Perrier Production Stoppage

This photo shows bottles of Perrier in Paris, France on December 17, 2024. “The most famous sparkling water brand is under threat of losing its natural mineral water label, which has made its reputation for over a century,” said the French daily Le Monde. The newspaper added that “a confidential report from the Occitanie regional health agency (ARS) leaves little room for any other outcome” and that the “blow could be fatal for Perrier”. Following an inspection carried out at the end of May at Perrier’s only packaging site in the Gard region, the state agency says that Nestlé Waters, the brand’s owner, should seriously consider “stopping production of mineral water at the Vergèze site”, due to the regularly degraded sanitary quality of its catchments and, in particular, a virological risk. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nestle Waters Faces Perrier Production Stoppage

This photo shows bottles of Perrier in Paris, France on December 17, 2024. “The most famous sparkling water brand is under threat of losing its natural mineral water label, which has made its reputation for over a century,” said the French daily Le Monde. The newspaper added that “a confidential report from the Occitanie regional health agency (ARS) leaves little room for any other outcome” and that the “blow could be fatal for Perrier”. Following an inspection carried out at the end of May at Perrier’s only packaging site in the Gard region, the state agency says that Nestlé Waters, the brand’s owner, should seriously consider “stopping production of mineral water at the Vergèze site”, due to the regularly degraded sanitary quality of its catchments and, in particular, a virological risk. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nestle Waters Faces Perrier Production Stoppage

This photo shows bottles of Perrier in Paris, France on December 17, 2024. “The most famous sparkling water brand is under threat of losing its natural mineral water label, which has made its reputation for over a century,” said the French daily Le Monde. The newspaper added that “a confidential report from the Occitanie regional health agency (ARS) leaves little room for any other outcome” and that the “blow could be fatal for Perrier”. Following an inspection carried out at the end of May at Perrier’s only packaging site in the Gard region, the state agency says that Nestlé Waters, the brand’s owner, should seriously consider “stopping production of mineral water at the Vergèze site”, due to the regularly degraded sanitary quality of its catchments and, in particular, a virological risk. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nestle Waters Faces Perrier Production Stoppage

This photo shows bottles of Perrier in Paris, France on December 17, 2024. “The most famous sparkling water brand is under threat of losing its natural mineral water label, which has made its reputation for over a century,” said the French daily Le Monde. The newspaper added that “a confidential report from the Occitanie regional health agency (ARS) leaves little room for any other outcome” and that the “blow could be fatal for Perrier”. Following an inspection carried out at the end of May at Perrier’s only packaging site in the Gard region, the state agency says that Nestlé Waters, the brand’s owner, should seriously consider “stopping production of mineral water at the Vergèze site”, due to the regularly degraded sanitary quality of its catchments and, in particular, a virological risk. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nestle Waters Faces Perrier Production Stoppage

This photo shows bottles of Perrier in Paris, France on December 17, 2024. “The most famous sparkling water brand is under threat of losing its natural mineral water label, which has made its reputation for over a century,” said the French daily Le Monde. The newspaper added that “a confidential report from the Occitanie regional health agency (ARS) leaves little room for any other outcome” and that the “blow could be fatal for Perrier”. Following an inspection carried out at the end of May at Perrier’s only packaging site in the Gard region, the state agency says that Nestlé Waters, the brand’s owner, should seriously consider “stopping production of mineral water at the Vergèze site”, due to the regularly degraded sanitary quality of its catchments and, in particular, a virological risk. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nestle Waters Faces Perrier Production Stoppage

This photo shows bottles of Perrier in Paris, France on December 17, 2024. “The most famous sparkling water brand is under threat of losing its natural mineral water label, which has made its reputation for over a century,” said the French daily Le Monde. The newspaper added that “a confidential report from the Occitanie regional health agency (ARS) leaves little room for any other outcome” and that the “blow could be fatal for Perrier”. Following an inspection carried out at the end of May at Perrier’s only packaging site in the Gard region, the state agency says that Nestlé Waters, the brand’s owner, should seriously consider “stopping production of mineral water at the Vergèze site”, due to the regularly degraded sanitary quality of its catchments and, in particular, a virological risk. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Disaster Death Toll Reaches 214 - Valencia

Dozens of water bottles on November 2, 2024, in Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). More than 200 Civil Protection volunteers from all over Spain are participating in the emergency tasks as a result of the DANA that affected the province of Valencia on October 29. The death toll from the storm is more than 210, and since yesterday, November 1, access by private vehicles to the affected municipalities has been restricted. Photo by Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life At War Time - Gaza

A Palestinian child returns home after filling bottles with water from a vehicle distributing free water, in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Oct. 20, 2024. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life At War Time - Gaza

A Palestinian child returns home after filling bottles with water from a vehicle distributing free water, in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Oct. 20, 2024. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life At War Time - Gaza

A Palestinian child returns home after filling bottles with water from a vehicle distributing free water, in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Oct. 20, 2024. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life At War Time - Gaza

Palestinian children return home after filling bottles with water from a vehicle distributing free water, in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Oct. 20, 2024. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life At War Time - Gaza

Palestinians fill bottles with water from a vehicle distributing free water in the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 20, 2024. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life At War Time - Gaza

A Palestinian child returns home after filling bottles with water from a vehicle distributing free water, in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Oct. 20, 2024. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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INDONESIA-JAKARTA-PLASTIC BOTTLES BOAT-PARADE

(240727) -- JAKARTA, July 27, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Boats made of plastic bottles sail in the Banjir Kanal Timur river in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 27, 2024. Thirty-two boats made of waste plastics and in various shapes took part in a boat parade event in the Banjir Kanal Timur river in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 27. Organized by local water agencies on Indonesia's National Rivers Day, the event is to call on people to protect rivers and recycle plastic waste. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zulkarnain)

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INDONESIA-JAKARTA-PLASTIC BOTTLES BOAT-PARADE

(240727) -- JAKARTA, July 27, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A boat made of plastic bottles sails in the Banjir Kanal Timur river in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 27, 2024. Thirty-two boats made of waste plastics and in various shapes took part in a boat parade event in the Banjir Kanal Timur river in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 27. Organized by local water agencies on Indonesia's National Rivers Day, the event is to call on people to protect rivers and recycle plastic waste. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zulkarnain)

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INDONESIA-JAKARTA-PLASTIC BOTTLES BOAT-PARADE

(240727) -- JAKARTA, July 27, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Boats made of plastic bottles sail in the Banjir Kanal Timur river in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 27, 2024. Thirty-two boats made of waste plastics and in various shapes took part in a boat parade event in the Banjir Kanal Timur river in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 27. Organized by local water agencies on Indonesia's National Rivers Day, the event is to call on people to protect rivers and recycle plastic waste. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zulkarnain)

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INDONESIA-JAKARTA-PLASTIC BOTTLES BOAT-PARADE

(240727) -- JAKARTA, July 27, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Boats made of plastic bottles sail in the Banjir Kanal Timur river in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 27, 2024. Thirty-two boats made of waste plastics and in various shapes took part in a boat parade event in the Banjir Kanal Timur river in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 27. Organized by local water agencies on Indonesia's National Rivers Day, the event is to call on people to protect rivers and recycle plastic waste. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zulkarnain)

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INDONESIA-JAKARTA-PLASTIC BOTTLES BOAT-PARADE

(240727) -- JAKARTA, July 27, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A boat made of plastic bottles sails in the Banjir Kanal Timur river in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 27, 2024. Thirty-two boats made of waste plastics and in various shapes took part in a boat parade event in the Banjir Kanal Timur river in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 27. Organized by local water agencies on Indonesia's National Rivers Day, the event is to call on people to protect rivers and recycle plastic waste. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zulkarnain)

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INDONESIA-JAKARTA-PLASTIC BOTTLES BOAT-PARADE

(240727) -- JAKARTA, July 27, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A boat made of plastic bottles sails in the Banjir Kanal Timur river in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 27, 2024. Thirty-two boats made of waste plastics and in various shapes took part in a boat parade event in the Banjir Kanal Timur river in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 27. Organized by local water agencies on Indonesia's National Rivers Day, the event is to call on people to protect rivers and recycle plastic waste. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zulkarnain)

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New Heat Wave Hits Seville

A delivery man loaded with bottles of water. A 05 July 2024, in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. Andalusia faces this Tuesday the first day of the second wave that will last until Thursday, July 25, after the end of the first heat wave of the summer on the 19th. In this context, the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has activated orange alert for high temperatures in five Andalusian provinces - Cordoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaen and Seville - as well as yellow warning in Cadiz. Photo by Maria Jose Lopez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Polio Detected In Sewage Water - Gaza

A Palestinian woman carries water bottles on July 20, 2024, west of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. Poliovirus has been detected in samples of sewage water in the densely populated Gaza Strip, placing “thousands” of Palestinians at risk of contracting the highly infectious disease that can cause paralysis. Gaza’s Ministry of Health said it had detected “component poliovirus type 2” in coordination with UNICEF, the United Nations children’s agency. “Detecting the virus that causes polio in wastewater heralds a real health disaster and exposes thousands of residents to the risk of contracting polio,” it said on Thursday in a statement. The virus could be found in sewage “that collects and flows between the tents of the displaced”, said the ministry. Already scarce supplies of drinking water in the densely populated Strip are at risk of being contaminated by the virus. Photo by Ramez Habboub/ABACAPRESS.COM.

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Polio Detected In Sewage Water - Gaza

A Palestinian child carries water bottles on July 20, 2024, west of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. Poliovirus has been detected in samples of sewage water in the densely populated Gaza Strip, placing “thousands” of Palestinians at risk of contracting the highly infectious disease that can cause paralysis. Gaza’s Ministry of Health said it had detected “component poliovirus type 2” in coordination with UNICEF, the United Nations children’s agency. “Detecting the virus that causes polio in wastewater heralds a real health disaster and exposes thousands of residents to the risk of contracting polio,” it said on Thursday in a statement. The virus could be found in sewage “that collects and flows between the tents of the displaced”, said the ministry. Already scarce supplies of drinking water in the densely populated Strip are at risk of being contaminated by the virus. Photo by Ramez Habboub/ABACAPRESS.COM.