September 15, Port Sudan —The Ministry of Health revealed that cholera cases have risen to 8,350, including 270 deaths.Cholera has spread to 46 localities in 8 out of 18 states.
The Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Health held a meeting on Saturday, in the emergency hall of the Public Health Laboratory in Kassala, reviewing the epidemiological situation of cholera in the country.
The report revealed that 232 new infections were recorded on Friday, including one death, the highest in Kassala, which recorded 142 cases.
On September 11, Doctors Without Borders said a cholera outbreak is gripping central and eastern Sudan. “The menacing mix of heavy flooding and torrential downpours with woeful living conditions and inadequate access to drinking water that millions have today, particularly in crowded camps for displaced people, have created the perfect storm for the spread of this often-deadly disease,” said Esperanza Santos, MSF’s emergency coordinator for Sudan.