Darfur cholera cases rising at an ‘alarming’ rate as death toll in Sudan tops 3,000, says WHO

Darfur cholera cases rising fast as Sudan death toll tops 3,000

The number of reported cholera cases is increasing in Darfur, and more than 3,000 people across all of Sudan have died from the illness over the last 14 months of civil war, the UN health agency said Tuesday. The current outbreak of a bacterial infection caused by contaminated food or water has spread to all 18 states in the war-torn country, following its initial eruption in Kassala state in July last year, the World Health Organisation said. H…

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Darfur cholera cases rising at an 'alarming' rate as death toll in Sudan tops 3,000, says WHO

The number of reported cholera cases is increasing in Darfur and over 3,000 people in Sudan have died in the past 14 months of civil war, according to the World Health Organization.

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Cholera cases surge in Darfur as Sudan death toll passes 3,000

Cholera cases are surging across Darfur as Sudan’s death toll from the disease tops 3,000, the WHO has said. The bacterial outbreak, spread through contaminated food and water, has now touched all 18 states after starting in Kassala last July. WHO has launched a vaccination campaign in North Darfur targeting 406,000 people, responding to the “alarming” rise in cases and deaths, officials said. As of Sunday, Darfur reported 12,739 infections and …