Cholera outbreak kills at least 70 people in Sudan

KHARTOUM, May 29 (YPA) – About 70 people have been killed due to a cholera outbreak in the capital, Khartoum, in the past two days, the Sudanese Ministry of Health said in a statement on Thursday.

This came amid a worsening health crisis and widespread disease caused by water and electricity outages and the deterioration of healthcare infrastructure as a result of the ongoing war in the country.

The number of cholera cases and deaths in Sudan has been on a sharp rise recently, with the ministry recording more than 170 deaths and 2,729 cases in just one week, 90% of which were in Khartoum state alone.

Medical centers is being suffered from severe overcrowding, shortages of intravenous solutions and medications, and difficult conditions for patients and healthcare workers alike.

The cholera outbreak is largely attributed to the disruption of water supply services due to drone strikes targeting power plants in Khartoum, forcing residents to use unsafe water from the Nile or surface wells, contributing to the rapid spread of the disease.

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