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Over 400 cholera cases reported in southern Sudan city

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Sudanese health officials said on Thursday that over 400 cases of cholera had been detected in the southern city of Kosti, following a reported drone attack on a nearby power station. The surge in cases was attributed to a "shortage of water due to power outages," the health ministry in White Nile state said in a statement. On Sunday, eyewitnesses told AFP drones had struck the Um Dabakar power station which supplies the city, 275 kilometres (17…

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The New Arab

Over 400 cholera cases reported in southern Sudan city

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Sudan: At least 24 dead from water -transmitted disease - 800 people in the hospital - World Stock Market

At least 24 people were killed and more than 800 were hospitalized within three days in the state of White Nile, southern Sudan, due to water -transmitted disease, according to a non -governmental borders (MSF) announcement yesterday, Friday, Friday, Friday . The outbreak of the epidemic was followed by a drone raid on the central power plant Um Dabakar, 275 kilometers south of the capital Kartoum, which caused a major problem with accessing dri…

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Sudan: Over 800 hospitalized and dozens dead from waterborne infection in White Nile state | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...

Dozens of people have died, and over 800 are being treated for symptoms of acute watery diarrhoea, dehydration, vomiting, and sunken eyes at the Ministry of Health cholera treatment centre in Kosti Teaching Hospital, supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in Sudan’s White Nile State. MSF has been supporting cholera-related responses in Kosti and Rabak Hospitals since October last year. Recently, the number of cases …

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Mwanzo TV

Over 400 Cases Of Cholera Outbreak Reported In Sudan

Sudanese health officials said on Thursday that over 400 cases of cholera had been detected in the southern city of Kosti, following a reported drone attack on a nearby power station. Over 400 Cases Of Cholera Outbreak Reported In Sudan The surge in cases was attributed to a “shortage of water due to power outages,” the health ministry in White Nile state said in a statement. On Sunday, eyewitnesses told AFP drones had struck the Um Dabakar powe…

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