At least 70 people died of cholera and more than 2200 has infected it in the last week in the south of Sudan, The non -profit organization Save The Children claims with reference to the Ministry of Health data. This is reported by TASR, according to the AFP report. The epidemic broke out as a result of a drone attack on the UM Dabakar power plant, which contaminated drinking water in the area.
A non -profit organization said that in the number of 2243 cases, approximately 400 people were infected daily in the city of the White Nile. Since August 2024, more than 55,000 people have been infected with cholera in the south of Sudan, of which approximately 1400 died. According to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 2700 cases were confirmed between 1 January and 25 February, of which more than 500 were children.
“The ongoing destruction of critical humanitarian infrastructure leaves no child in this country safely,” The UNICEF representative for Sudan Sheldon Yett said. “If children are denied access to clean water, hygiene and sanitation services, as well as information on the prevention of cholera propagation, The epidemic will continue“he added.
For nearly two years, the Sudanese medical system is almost dysfunctional in the country’s civil war in the country. The fighting caused the death of tens of thousands of people and more than 12 million were displaced.
